Delay Library Generation with High Efficiency and Accuracy on the Basis of RSM (Special lssue on SISPAD'99)

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In MPU and ASIC design with 0.2μm BiCMOS LSIs, it is well known that interconnect delay becomes one of the key data to ensure high operating frequency. To verify the whole path delay accurately, one needs to create huge delay and waveform libraries which reflect updated process and interconnect structure as well as device performance. Because of the necessity for more than 100k times of circuit simulation to create the libraries, it was impossible to update the library quickly including process variation effects. In this paper, we have proposed a realistic new method to generate the libraries on the basis of RSM (Response Surface Method). In application for a BiCMOS ASIC process, we have verified that the new method has achieved the reduction of library creation time to 1/100 within the delay error of 3%. This technique can be used in our TCAD and DA framework, which gives a predictive TCAD generation of delay libraries in concurrent ASIC system and process development.
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2000-08-25