Pessimism reduction in cross-talk noise determination used in integrated circuit design

    公开(公告)号:US10565336B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US15988125

    申请日:2018-05-24

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 H04B3/32

    摘要: A system and method to perform an integrated circuit design involves selecting a net among a plurality of nets of the integrated circuit design as a victim net. Each net connects a pair of nodes of the integrated circuit design and each node represents a logic element of the integrated circuit design. The method also includes determining aggressor nets among the plurality of nets for the victim net and determining a corresponding weight value for each of the aggressor nets and, for each of the aggressor nets, multiplying the coupled noise originating from the aggressor net with the corresponding weight value to obtain a weighted coupled noise value. A cumulative coupled noise value is obtained for the victim net as a sum of the weighted coupled noise values associated with each of the aggressor nets. A result of the integrated circuit design is provided for fabrication into an integrated circuit.

    Pessimism reduction in hierarchical blockage aggressors using estimated resistor and capacitor values

    公开(公告)号:US10248753B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-02

    申请号:US15288260

    申请日:2016-10-07

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: A method, system, and computer product for performing a coupled noise analysis in an integrated circuit (IC) design include copying one or more victim circuit sections of a victim circuit in the IC design, generating a blockage circuit section that represents a blockage aggressor circuit in the IC design, using the copied one or more victim circuit sections of the victim circuit, determining at least one subcircuit from the blockage circuit section, selecting, for a victim pin on the victim circuit, a power-driven virtual node on the at least one subcircuit, applying a power source to the power-driven virtual node on the at least one subcircuit, calculating a coupled noise at the victim pin contributed by the at least one subcircuit in response to the power source being applied, comparing the coupled noise to a threshold noise level, and altering the IC design when the coupled noise exceeds the threshold noise level.

    PESSIMISM REDUCTION IN CROSS-TALK NOISE DETERMINATION USED IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN

    公开(公告)号:US20190362045A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-28

    申请号:US15988125

    申请日:2018-05-24

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 H04B3/32

    摘要: A system and method to perform an integrated circuit design involves selecting a net among a plurality of nets of the integrated circuit design as a victim net. Each net connects a pair of nodes of the integrated circuit design and each node represents a logic element of the integrated circuit design. The method also includes determining aggressor nets among the plurality of nets for the victim net and determining a corresponding weight value for each of the aggressor nets and, for each of the aggressor nets, multiplying the coupled noise originating from the aggressor net with the corresponding weight value to obtain a weighted coupled noise value. A cumulative coupled noise value is obtained for the victim net as a sum of the weighted coupled noise values associated with each of the aggressor nets. A result of the integrated circuit design is provided for fabrication into an integrated circuit.

    Pessimism reduction in hierarchical blockage aggressors using estimated resistor and capacitor values

    公开(公告)号:US10552570B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US16126590

    申请日:2018-09-10

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: A method, system, and computer product for performing a coupled noise analysis in an integrated circuit (IC) design include copying one or more victim circuit sections of a victim circuit in the IC, generating a blockage circuit section that represents a blockage aggressor circuit in the IC, using the copied one or more victim circuit sections of the victim circuit, determining at least one subcircuit from the blockage circuit section, selecting, for a victim pin on the victim circuit, a power-driven virtual node on the at least one subcircuit, applying a power source to the power-driven virtual node on the at least one subcircuit, calculating a coupled noise at the victim pin contributed by the at least one subcircuit in response to the power source being applied, comparing the coupled noise to a threshold noise level, and altering the IC design when the coupled noise exceeds the threshold noise level.

    Approximation of resistor-capacitor circuit extraction for thread-safe design changes

    公开(公告)号:US10169514B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-01

    申请号:US15408856

    申请日:2017-01-18

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50

    摘要: A system to design an integrated circuit and a method of fabricating an integrated circuit include performing a design change for a net among a plurality of nets of the integrated circuit. An extraction is performed for the net and includes re-computing values for a resistor-capacitor (RC) circuit representation of the net. Re-computed values resulting from the re-computing and a timestamp of the extraction are recorded. A capacitance value of a capacitor coupling the net with a neighboring net in the RC circuit representation of the neighboring net is changed to be the capacitance value of the capacitor coupling the net with the neighboring net that was re-computed for the RC circuit representation of the net. Timing and noise parameters are for the net and the neighboring net are updated to updated timing and noise parameters, and timing analysis is performed based on the updated timing and noise parameters.