Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pessimism reduction in hierarchical blockage aggressors using estimated resistor and capacitor values
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Application No.: US15288260Application Date: 2016-10-07
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Publication No.: US10248753B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Tsz-mei Ko , Thomas G. Mitchell , Jason D. Morsey , Steven E. Washburn , Patrick M. Williams
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Steven Meyers, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180101636A1 PESSIMISM REDUCTION IN HIERARCHICAL BLOCKAGE AGGRESSORS USING ESTIMATED RESISTOR AND CAPACITOR VALUES Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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