Title :
Switching window computation for static timing analysis in presence of crosstalk noise
Author :
Pinhong Chen ; Kirkpatrick, D.A. ; Keutzer, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Crosstalk effect is crucial for timing analysis in very deep submicron design. In this paper, we present and compare multiple scheduling algorithms to compute switching windows for static timing analysis in presence of crosstalk noise. We also introduce an efficient technique to evaluate the worst case alignment of multiple aggressors.
Keywords :
crosstalk; logic CAD; timing; crosstalk noise; multiple aggressors; static timing analysis; switching windows; very deep submicron design; worst case alignment; Capacitance; Circuit noise; Coupling circuits; Crosstalk; Delay; Noise level; Signal design; Switches; Timing; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Aided Design, 2000. ICCAD-2000. IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6445-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAD.2000.896494