Title
Statistical Analysis of Capacitance Coupling Effects on Delay and Noise
Abstract
Statistical Static Timing Analysis (SSTA) tools have mostly addressed the process variations of devices and lumped interconnect RC effects. This paper provides an overview of interconnect process variations of capacitive coupling and its effect on crosstalk delay and noise. The correlations among parallel plate, lateral and total capacitance is shown. Correlations between resistance and capacitance are illustrated to enable development of a simple and efficient model for delay and noise analysis. Experimental results are shown to validate the assumptions on the linearity of sensitivity of delay and noise to process variations. A methodology to account for process variations in crosstalk delay and noise is proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/ISQED.2006.121
San Jose, CA
Keywords
Field
DocType
rc effect,crosstalk delay,capacitive coupling,total capacitance,process variation,parallel plate,statistical static timing analysis,noise analysis,efficient model,statistical analysis,capacitance coupling effects,sleep mode,silicon,dielectrics,etching,semiconductor device modeling,crosstalk,capacitance,gaussian distribution
Domino logic,Capacitance,Coupling,Statistical static timing analysis,Semiconductor device modeling,Computer science,Linearity,Electronic engineering,Real-time computing,Interconnection,Capacitive coupling
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2523-7
4
1.08
References 
Authors
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Usha Narasimha1355.81
Binu Abraham241.08
Nagaraj Ns3163.56