Name
Title | ||
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Gate delay variability estimation method for parametric yield improvement in nanometer CMOS technology |
Abstract | ||
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In digital CMOS circuits, parametric yield improvement may be achieved by reducing the variability of performance and power consumption of individual cell instances. Such improvement of variation robustness can be attained by evaluating parameter variation impact at gate level. Statistical characterization of logic gates are usually obtained by computationally expensive electrical simulations. An efficient gate delay variability estimation method is proposed for variability-aware design. The proposed method has been applied to different topologies (transistor network arrangements) and CMOS gates, and it has been compared to Monte Carlo simulations for data validation, resulting in computation time savings. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2010 | 10.1016/j.microrel.2010.07.071 | Microelectronics Reliability |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
logic gate,monte carlo simulation,data validation | Delay calculation,Logic gate,Digital electronics,Simulation,Electronic engineering,Robustness (computer science),CMOS,Parametric statistics,Engineering,Transistor,Electronic circuit | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
50 | 9 | 0026-2714 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
4 | 0.46 | 13 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digeorgia N. da Silva | 1 | 12 | 1.10 |
| André Inácio Reis | 2 | 134 | 21.33 |
| Renato P. Ribas | 3 | 204 | 33.52 |