Title :
Power-switch routing for reducing dynamic IR drop in multi-domain MTCMOS designs
Author :
Yi-Ming Wang ; Chao, Mango C.-T ; Shi-Hao Chen ; Hung-Chun Li
Author_Institution :
Global Unichip Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents a switch-routing framework which can generate a feasible Hamiltonian-path switch routing while minimizing the dynamic IR drop of a targeted fragile active domain with an analytical model. The accuracy of the analytical model and the effectiveness of the proposed framework are validated through an advanced multi-domain mobile-phone MTCMOS design.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; mobile handsets; network routing; Hamiltonian-path switch routing; dynamic IR drop reduction; multidomain mobile-phone MTCMOS design; multithreshold CMOS design; power-switch routing framework; targeted fragile active domain; Logic gates; Protocols; Resistance; Routing; Switches; Switching circuits; Universal Serial Bus;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design, Automation and Test (VLSI-DAT), 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
DOI :
10.1109/VLSI-DAT.2014.6834873
