Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable accuracy parameter modeling in statistical timing
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Application No.: US15235168Application Date: 2016-08-12
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Publication No.: US09646122B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Eric A. Foreman , Jeffrey G. Hemmett , Kerim Kalafala , Gregory M. Schaeffer , Stephen G. Shuma , Alexander J. Suess , Chandramouli Visweswariah , Michael H. Wood
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Agent Steven J. Meyers
- Main IPC: G06F9/455
- IPC: G06F9/455 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
Systems and methods compute a mean timing value of an integrated circuit design for variables using a first timing calculation of relatively higher accuracy; and calculate a first timing value of the integrated circuit design for the variables, using a second timing calculation having a relatively lower accuracy. Such systems and methods calculate second timing values of the integrated circuit design for additional sets of variables using the second timing calculation; and calculate finite differences of each of the second timing values to the first timing value. Thus, these systems and methods calculate a statistical sensitivity of the first timing value to the additional sets of variables based on the finite differences. Further, such systems and methods calculate a statistical sensitivity of the mean timing value to the additional sets of values based on the statistical sensitivity of the first timing value to the additional sets of values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160364513A1 VARIABLE ACCURACY PARAMETER MODELING IN STATISTICAL TIMING Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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