Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for laying out power wiring of semiconductor
- Patent Title (中): 布线半导体电源布线的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13070500Application Date: 2011-03-24
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Publication No.: US08375346B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Mikiko Sode
- Applicant: Mikiko Sode
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: JP2010-071790 20100326
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention is a method for laying out a power wiring of a semiconductor device. The method includes: modeling the power wiring as an analysis model including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of element resistors provided between the plurality of nodes neighboring each other; obtaining voltage values of the plurality of nodes by a circuit simulation; searching a path of a current flowing into a node of the plurality of nodes when an IR drop violation exists in the voltage values, the node having a maximum value of the IR drop violation; selecting a bottleneck element resistor from among the plurality of element resistors included in the path; and changing a resistance value of the bottleneck element resistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110239180A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYING OUT POWER WIRING OF SEMICONDUCTOR Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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