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Timing yield estimation using statistical static timing analysis

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Timing yield estimation using statistical static timing analysis
—As process variations become a significant problem in deep sub-micron technology, a shift from deterministic static timing analysis to statistical static timing analysis for high-performance circuit designs could reduce the excessive conservatism that is built into current timing design method. In this paper, we address the timing yield problem for sequential circuits and propose a statistical approach to handle it. In our approach, we consider the spatial and path reconvergence correlations between path delays, set-up time and hold time constraints, as well as clock skew due to process variations. We propose a method to get the timing yield based on the delay distributions of register-to-register paths in the circuit. On average, the timing yield results obtained by our
Min Pan, Chris C. N. Chu, Hai Zhou
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Type Conference
Year 2005
Where ISCAS
Authors Min Pan, Chris C. N. Chu, Hai Zhou
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