This paper presents a new design assistant for analog integrated circuits. The interactive tool is implemented in the Design Framework II of Cadence and supports the designer d...
As the number of metal layers and the frequency of VLSI continue to increase, the voltage droop on both the package and vias is becoming more pronounced. This paper analyzes the nu...
Jin Shi, Yici Cai, Xianlong Hong, Sheldon X.-D. Ta...
In response to the increasing variations in integrated-circuit manufacturing, the current trend is to create designs that take these variations into account statistically. In this...
This paper presents a statistical framework to cooperatively design and develop technology, product circuit, benchmarking and model early in the development stage. The statistical...
Choongyeun Cho, Daeik D. Kim, Jonghae Kim, Jean-Ol...
This paper investigates the effect of process variations on unity gain frequency (ft) in 30 nm gate length FinFET by performing extensive TCAD simulations. Six different geometric...