Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optimally driving non-uniform clock mesh loads
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Application No.: US16158601Application Date: 2018-10-12
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Publication No.: US11022998B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: Matthias Ringe , Andreas H. A. Arp , Michael V. Koch , Fatih Cilek , Thomas Makowski
- 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: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Margaret McNamara
- Main IPC: G06F30/39
- IPC: G06F30/39 ; G06F1/10 ; G06F30/396

Abstract:
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes determining, for a first sector from multiple sectors of a clock mesh of a semiconductor circuit, a set of mesh wires. The method further includes generating tapping point candidates, selecting a first combination of tapping points, and performing an analog electrical simulation of a clock signal. The simulation includes feeding the clock signal into the clock mesh via the first combination of tapping points via a clock signal transmitter, and measuring delays for the clock signal to reach a set of measuring nodes. The maximum delay from the measured delays is selected, and, in response to the maximum delay being less than a previous delay value, the first combination of tapping points is used to connect sector buffers from the first sector to the clock mesh.
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