Title :
Modeling leakage in ASIC libraries
Author :
Lichtensteiger, Susan ; Wissel, Larry ; Engel, Jim ; Sulva, Paul
Author_Institution :
IBM Microelectron., Essex Junction, VT
Abstract :
Leakage is one of today´s most important VLSI design issues, and ASIC design tools require accurate library leakage models. Leakage models have been traditionally derived from Spice simulation, but this approach is difficult and inflexible. Further, Spice simulation may not be possible for all IP in the library. We propose a new approach to modeling leakage of ASIC libraries. This approach is simple and flexible, and it is viable for all IP in the library. It requires no Spice simulation, yet its accuracy has been verified in silicon. It has been implemented for our 90nm ASICs
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; silicon; 90 nm; ASIC design tools; ASIC libraries; Si; Spice simulation; VLSI design; library leakage models; Application specific integrated circuits; Electronic design automation and methodology; FETs; Libraries; Microelectronics; Physics; Silicon; Subthreshold current; Temperature dependence; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 2005
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9023-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2005.1568741
