A quadratic programming method for interconnection crosstalk minimization

Author

Lai, Yen-Tai ; Kao, Chi-Chou ; Shieh, Wu-Chien

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

6

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

270

Abstract

Adjacent wires in a VLSI chip become closer as the fabrication technology rapidly evolves. Accordingly it becomes important to consider crosstalk caused by the coupling capacitance between adjacent wires in the layout design for the fast and safe VLSI circuits. The crosstalk is a function of coupling length and distance. The coupling length can be reduced by segment rearrangement technique. This paper presents a crosstalk minimization technique by adjusting the space between adjacent wires. An example is shown in this paper to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technique

Keywords

VLSI; crosstalk; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit layout; integrated circuit noise; minimisation; VLSI chip; VLSI circuits; adjacent wires; coupling capacitance; crosstalk; crosstalk minimization; fabrication technology; interconnection crosstalk minimization; layout design; quadratic programming; segment rearrangement; Capacitance; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Fabrication; Integrated circuit interconnections; Minimization methods; Quadratic programming; Routing; Very large scale integration; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1999. ISCAS '99. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5471-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1999.780147

Filename

780147