Invention Grant
- Patent Title: FPGA circuits and methods considering process variations
- Patent Title (中): 考虑过程变化的FPGA电路和方法
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Application No.: US11965483Application Date: 2007-12-27
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Publication No.: US07921402B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Lei He
- Applicant: Lei He
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agent John P. O'Banion
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
Methods are described herein which consider both die-to-die and within-die variations in effective channel length, threshold voltage, and gate oxide thickness, based on first developing closed-form models of chip level FPGA leakage and timing variations. Execution times are significantly reduced using these methods in comparison to performing detailed evaluation. The teachings provide mean and standard deviation which were found to be within 3% from those computed by Monte Carlo simulation, while leakage and delay variations can be up to 3× and 1.9×, respectively. Analytical yield models are derived which consider both leakage and timing variations, and use such models to evaluate FPGA device and architecture in response to process variations. The teachings allow improved modeling of leakage and timing yields and thus co-optimization to improve yield rates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080178130A1 FPGA CIRCUITS AND METHODS CONSIDERING PROCESS VARIATIONS Public/Granted day:2008-07-24
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