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US08458633B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit design apparatus and method for analyzing a delay in a semiconductor integrated circuit
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用于分析半导体集成电路中的延迟的半导体集成电路设计装置和方法
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit design apparatus and method for analyzing a delay in a semiconductor integrated circuit
- Patent Title (中): 用于分析半导体集成电路中的延迟的半导体集成电路设计装置和方法
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Application No.: US13262759Application Date: 2010-04-21
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Publication No.: US08458633B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Ono , Takeshi Watanabe , Naoshi Doi , Itsuki Yamada , Tsuneo Tsukagoshi
- Applicant: Yoshihiro Ono , Takeshi Watanabe , Naoshi Doi , Itsuki Yamada , Tsuneo Tsukagoshi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: NEC Corporation,Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: NEC Corporation,Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2009-121783 20090520
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/002881 WO 20100421
- International Announcement: WO2010/134264 WO 20101125
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06F9/455 ; G06G7/62

Abstract:
A semiconductor integrated circuit design apparatus for analyzing a delay in a semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a delay analysis unit, a noise generation unit, a voltage fluctuation level analysis unit and a timing verification unit. The noise generation unit generates noise information based on a predetermined noise definition and the voltage fluctuation level analysis unit analyzes a voltage fluctuation level of the semiconductor integrated circuit when the noise is applied based on the generated noise information. Further, the timing verification unit makes the delay analysis unit analyze the static delay based on the analyzed voltage fluctuation level, to verify timing for operation of the semiconductor integrated circuit based on a result of the static delay analysis.
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