Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Performing statistical timing analysis with non-separable statistical and deterministic variations
- Patent Title (中): 用不可分的统计和确定性变化进行统计时序分析
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Application No.: US12943541Application Date: 2010-11-10
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Publication No.: US08418107B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Jeffrey G Hemmett , Debjit Sinha , Natesan Venkateswaran , Chandramouli Visweswariah , Vladimir Zolotov
- Applicant: Jeffrey G Hemmett , Debjit Sinha , Natesan Venkateswaran , Chandramouli Visweswariah , Vladimir Zolotov
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Preston J. Young, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for performing statistical timing analysis with non-separable statistical and deterministic variations. One embodiment of a method for performing timing analysis of an integrated circuit chip includes computing delays and slews of chip gates and wires, wherein the delays and slews depend on at least a first process parameter that is deterministic and corner-based and a second process parameter that is statistical and non-separable with the first process parameter, and performing a single timing run using the timing quantity, wherein the single timing run produces arrival times, required arrival times, and timing slacks at outputs, latches, and circuit nodes of the integrated circuit chip. The computed arrival times, required arrival times, and timing slacks can be projected to a corner value of deterministic variations in order to obtain a statistical model of the delays and stews at the corresponding corner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120117527A1 PERFORMING STATISTICAL TIMING ANALYSIS WITH NON-SEPARABLE STATISTICAL AND DETERMINISTIC VARIATIONS Public/Granted day:2012-05-10
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