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2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Fast buffer insertion considering process variations
Advanced process technologies call for a proactive consideration of process variations in design to ensure high parametric timing yield. Despite of its popular use in almost any h...
Jinjun Xiong, Lei He
DAC
2004
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
A scalable soft spot analysis methodology for compound noise effects in nano-meter circuits
Circuits using nano-meter technologies are becoming increasingly vulnerable to signal interference from multiple noise sources as well as radiation-induced soft errors. One way to...
Chong Zhao, Xiaoliang Bai, Sujit Dey
ISPD
2010
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Density gradient minimization with coupling-constrained dummy fill for CMP control
In the nanometer IC design, dummy fill is often performed to improve layout pattern uniformity and the post-CMP quality. However, filling dummies might greatly increase intercon...
Huang-Yu Chen, Szu-Jui Chou, Yao-Wen Chang
DATE
2007
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
DFM/DFY: should you trust the surgeon or the family doctor?
Everybody agrees that curing DFM/DFY issues is of paramount importance at 65 nanometers and beyond. Unfortunately, there is disagreement about how and when to cure them. “Surgeo...
Marco Casale-Rossi, Andrzej J. Strojwas, Robert C....
ISPD
2004
ACM
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14 years 26 days ago
Performance-driven register insertion in placement
As the CMOS technology is scaled into the dimension of nanometer, the clock frequencies and die sizes of ICs are shown to be increasing steadily [5]. Today, global wires that requ...
Dennis K. Y. Tong, Evangeline F. Y. Young