Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for selectively adding timing margin in an integrated circuit
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Application No.: US13354715Application Date: 2012-01-20
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Publication No.: US08490045B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: David E. Lackey , Chandramouili Visweswariah , Paul S. Zuchowski
- Applicant: David E. Lackey , Chandramouili Visweswariah , Paul S. Zuchowski
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent Richard Kotulak
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F17/50 ; G06F11/22

Abstract:
A method, system, and integrated circuit including selectively added timing margin. The method, for integrating statistical timing and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) to selectively add timing margin in an integrated circuit, includes identifying, while a chip is in design, paths that are unable to be robustly tested “at speed” during manufacturing test, running statistical timing to calculate a margin to be applied to the paths, updating design specifications for margin to be applied to the paths, and optimizing chip logic based on updated design specifications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120115256A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY ADDING TIMING MARGIN IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2012-05-10
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