• DocumentCode
    2737387
  • Title

    Crosstalk reduction by transistor sizing

  • Author

    Xiao, T. ; Marek-Sadowska, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-21 Jan. 1999
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Abstract
    In this paper we consider transistor sizing to reduce crosstalk. First, crosstalk noise dependency on wire width, wire spacing, driver and receiver sizes are discussed, and validated by experiments. Then transistor sizing for timing and noise is discussed and solved using optimization techniques. Experimental results suggest that crosstalk violations can be removed by transistor sizing with very small area overhead.
  • Keywords
    circuit layout CAD; circuit optimisation; crosstalk; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit noise; timing; crosstalk noise dependency; crosstalk reduction; crosstalk violations removal; driver size; noise; optimization techniques; receiver size; timing; transistor sizing; wire spacing; wire width; Capacitance; Circuit faults; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Delay; Driver circuits; Noise reduction; Switches; Timing; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '99. Asia and South Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Wanchai, Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5012-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ASPDAC.1999.759786
  • Filename
    759786