XTalkDelay: A Crosstalk-Aware Timing Analysis Tool for Chip-Level Designs

This paper describes XTalkDelay, an industrial-strength methodology and tool for measuring the impact of crosstalk on delays of paths in a design. The main cornerstone of XTalkDelay methodology, vis-a-vis other approaches, is its high delay computation accuracy. It deliberately avoids the use of approximate models for cells and nets and interconnect reductions. XTalkDelay employs a path-based approach; uses detailed and accurate distributed RC parasitics for critical nets and their aggressors; uses BSIM3accurate gate models; and invokes HSPICE for delay computation using only the minimum required set of input patterns. XTalkDelay has been successfully applied on two industrial designs.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ICCD
• Authors: Yinghua Li, Rajeev Murgai, Takashi Miyoshi, Ashwini Verma
• Keywords: Accurate Distributed Rc, Delay Computation Accuracy, Hardware, ICCD 2004, Industrial-strength Methodology