Variation-Aware Design of Custom Integrated Circuits - A Hands-on Field Guide

This book targets custom IC designers who are encountering variation issues in their designs, especially for modern process nodes at 45nm and below, such as statistical process variations, environmental variations, and layout effects. It teaches them the state-of-the-art in Variation-Aware Design tools, which help the designer to analyze quickly the variation effects, identify the problems, and fix the problems. Furthermore, this book describes the algorithms and algorithm behavior/performance/limitations, which is of use to designers considering these tools, designers using these tools, CAD researchers, and CAD managers.

List of contents

Introduction.- Fast PTV Verification and Design.- Pictoral Primer on Probablilities.- 3-Sigma Verification and Design.- High-Sigma Verification and Design.- Variation-Aware Design.- Conclusion.

Summary

This book targets custom IC designers who are encountering variation issues in their designs, especially for modern process nodes at 45nm and below, such as statistical process variations, environmental variations, and layout effects.  It teaches them the state-of-the-art in Variation-Aware Design tools, which help the designer to analyze quickly the variation effects, identify the problems, and fix the problems. Furthermore, this book describes the algorithms and algorithm behavior/performance/limitations, which is of use to designers considering these tools, designers using these tools, CAD researchers, and CAD managers.

Product details

• Authors: Kristophe Breen, Kristopher Breen, Patrick Drennan, Jeffrey Dyck, Jeffrey e Dyck, Amit Gupta, Tren McConaghy, Trent McConaghy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9781461422686
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-2268-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Weight: 442 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 188 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; B, engineering, Circuits and Systems, Other manufacturing technologies, Nanotechnology, Electronics, Microelectronics, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Microsystems and MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Electronics engineering, Electronic circuits, Electronic Circuits and Systems