ICCAD
1997
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
1997
IEEE
In this paper, we determine the optimal shape function for a bi-directional wire under the Elmore delay model. Given a bi-directional wire of length L, let fx be the width of the ...
ICCAD
1994
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
1994
IEEE
We give the rst single-layer clock tree construction with exact zero skew according to the Elmore delay model. The previous Linear-Planar-DME method 11 guarantees a planar solutio...
ICCAD
1996
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
1996
IEEE
We consider non-uniform wire-sizing for general routing trees under the Elmore delay model. Three minimization objectives are studied: 1) total weighted sink-delays; 2) total area...
VLSID
1999
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
1999
IEEE
Recently Lillis, et al. presented an elegant dynamic programming approach to RC interconnect delay optimization through driver sizing, repeater insertion, and, wire sizing which e...
ISPD
1999
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
1999
ACM
In this paper, we consider delay optimization in multilayer detailed routing. Given a detailed routing by some detailed router, we iteratively improve the delays of critical nets ...
ISCAS
2006
IEEE
14 years 24 days ago
2006
IEEE
– This paper addresses the problem of ordering and sizing parallel wires in a single metal layer within an interconnect channel of a given width, such that crosscapacitances are ...
ICCAD
2002
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2002
IEEE
─ In this paper, we present Forge, an optimal algorithm for gate sizing using the Elmore delay model. The algorithm utilizes Lagrangian relaxation with a fast gradient-based pre-...
ICCD
2002
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2002
IEEE
— In this paper, we present a new interconnect delay model called Fitted Elmore delay (FED). FED is generated by approximating Hspice delay data using a curve fitting technique....
ICCD
2004
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
2004
IEEE
This paper presents a novel approach to reducing the complexity of the transient linear circuit analysis for a hybrid structured clock network. Topology reduction is first used to...
DAC
2006
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
2006
ACM
This paper presents analysis methods for energy estimation in RC trees driven by time-varying voltage sources, e.g., buffers, timevarying power supplies, and resonant clock genera...