— In this paper, we study the problem of delay defect diagnosis based on statistical timing models. We propose a diagnosis algorithm that can effectively utilize statistical timi...
Estimating switching activity is a crucial step in optimizing circuits for low power. In this paper, a fast gate level switching activity estimator for combinational circuits will...
Global interconnect temperature keeps rising in the current and future technologies due to self-heating and the adiabatic property of top metal layers. The thermal e ects impact a...
CT An efficient statistical timing analysis algorithm that can handle arbitrary (spatial and structural) causes of delay correlation is described. The algorithm derives the entire ...
Abstract--This paper provides a high level survey of the increasing effects of on-chip inductance. These effects are classified into desirable and nondesirable effects. Among the u...