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- 专利标题: System and method for probabilistic criticality prediction of digital circuits
- 专利标题(中): 数字电路概率临界预测的系统和方法
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申请号: US10666470申请日: 2003-09-19
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公开(公告)号: US07086023B2公开(公告)日: 2006-08-01
- 发明人: Chandramouli Visweswariah
- 申请人: Chandramouli Visweswariah
- 申请人地址: US NY Armonk
- 专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人: International Business Machines Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US NY Armonk
- 代理机构: Hoffman, Warnick & D'Alessandro LLC
- 代理商 Satheesh K. Karra
- 主分类号: G06F17/50
- IPC分类号: G06F17/50
摘要:
The present invention is a system and method for determining criticality probability of each node, edge and path of the timing graph of a digital circuit in the presence of delay variations. The delay of each gate or wire is assumed to consist of a nominal portion, a correlated random portion that is parameterized by each of the sources of variation and an independent random portion. Correlations are taken into account. Both early mode and late mode timing are included; both combinational and sequential circuits are handled; static CMOS as well as dynamic logic families are accommodated. The criticality determination complexity is linear in the size of the graph and the number of sources of variation. The invention includes a method for efficiently enumerating the critical path(s) that is/are most likely to be critical.
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