DocumentCode
456536
Title
Design tools for reliability analysis
Author
Liu, Zhihong ; McGaughy, Bruce W. ; Ma, James Z.
Author_Institution
Cadence Design Syst., Inc., San Jose, CA
fYear
0
fDate
0-0 0
Firstpage
182
Lastpage
187
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation Conference, 2006 43rd ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
0738-100X
Print_ISBN
1-59593-381-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.2006.229203
Filename
1688786
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