Title :
Cell Delay Analysis Based on Rate-of-Current Change
Author :
Nazarian, Shahin ; Pedram, Massoud
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
A cell delay model based on rate-of-current-change is presented, which accounts for the impact of the shape of the noisy waveform on the output voltage waveform. More precisely, a pre-characterized table of time derivatives of the output current as a function of input voltage and output load values is constructed. The data in this table, in combination with the Taylor series expansion of the output current, is utilized to progressively compute the output current waveform, which is then integrated to produce the output voltage waveform. Experimental results show the effectiveness and efficiency of this delay model
Keywords :
delays; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; logic simulation; statistical analysis; table lookup; Taylor series expansion; cell delay analysis; noisy waveform; rate-of-current change; Circuit analysis; Circuit noise; Crosstalk; Delay effects; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit noise; Propagation delay; Timing; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation and Test in Europe, 2006. DATE '06. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
3-9810801-1-4
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2006.243892
