• DocumentCode
    737824
  • Title

    IR-Drop in On-Chip Power Distribution Networks of ICs With Nonuniform Power Consumption

  • Author

    Rius, Juan Manuel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    512
  • Lastpage
    522
  • Abstract
    A compact IR-drop model for on-chip power distribution networks in array and wire-bonded ICs is analyzed. Chip dimensions, size, and location of the supply pads, metal coverage, piecewise distribution of IC consumption, and the resistance between the pads and the power supply are considered to obtain closed-form expressions for the IR-drop. The IR-drop model is validated by comparing its results with electrical simulations. The obtained error is in the range of 1%.
  • Keywords
    power integrated circuits; IC consumption piecewise distribution; IR-drop model; closed-form expressions; electrical simulations; metal coverage; nonuniform power consumption; on-chip power distribution networks; power supply; supply pads; wire-bonded IC; Arrays; Equations; Power supplies; Resistance; System-on-a-chip; IC modeling; IR-drop; power distribution networks (PDNs); power supply noise (PSN);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1063-8210
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TVLSI.2012.2188918
  • Filename
    6172253