- Patent Title: Static voltage drop (SIR) violation prediction systems and methods
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Application No.: US17397458Application Date: 2021-08-09
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Publication No.: US11604917B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Yi-Lin Chuang , Henry Lin , Szu-Ju Huang , Yin-An Chen , Amos Hong
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G06F30/398
- IPC: G06F30/398 ; G06F30/327 ; G06F30/394 ; G06F30/3315 ; G06F30/396 ; G06N20/00 ; G06N5/04 ; G06F119/12

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for predicting static voltage (SIR) drop violations in a clock-tree synthesis (CTS) layout before routing is performed on the CTS layout. A static voltage (SIR) drop violation prediction system includes SIR drop violation prediction circuitry. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry receives CTS data associated with a CTS layout. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry inspects the CTS layout data associated with the CTS layout, and the CTS layout data may include data associated with a plurality of regions of the CTS layout, which may be inspected on a region-by-region basis. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry predicts whether one or more SIR drop violations would be present in the CTS layout due to a subsequent routing of the CTS layout.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210365624A1 STATIC VOLTAGE DROP (SIR) VIOLATION PREDICTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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