Title :
Design tools for reliability analysis
Author :
Liu, Zhihong ; McGaughy, Bruce W. ; Ma, James Z.
Author_Institution :
Cadence Design Syst., Inc., San Jose, CA
Abstract :
Recent progress in EDA tools allows IC designs to be accurately verified with consequent improvements in yield and performance through reduced guard bands. This paper present a tools perspective, including the primary effects such as HCI, NBTI and EM for which EDA tools are available, types of tools (dynamic simulation vs. static rule checking) and necessary reliability infrastructure and flows that have been working in practice. Finally, developing areas and future opportunities are addressed
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; integrated circuit reliability; EDA tools; design tools; dynamic simulation; integrated circuit design; reliability analysis; static rule checking; CMOS technology; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Degradation; Human computer interaction; Integrated circuit modeling; Niobium compounds; Semiconductor device modeling; Temperature; Titanium compounds; Algorithms; Design; Design-in Reliability; EM; HCI; NBTI; Performance; Reliability; Reliability simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2006 43rd ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-59593-381-6
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.2006.229203
