DAC '96 Proceedings of the 33rd annual Design Automation Conference
Layout extraction and verification methodology CMOS I/O circuits
DAC '98 Proceedings of the 35th annual Design Automation Conference
Design and analysis of power distribution networks in PowerPC microprocessors
DAC '98 Proceedings of the 35th annual Design Automation Conference
Full-chip verification methods for DSM power distribution systems
DAC '98 Proceedings of the 35th annual Design Automation Conference
Hierarchical analysis of power distribution networks
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Design Automation Conference
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A novel tool for full-chip verification is reported for CDM-ESD protection. Until recently, ESD protection has been simulated in device level, leading to the well known limitations on capturing global features such as the power protection circuits and package parasitics. In practice, fatal failures occur due to unexpected discharged paths in multi-power supply chips, which can only be verified by chip-level simulation. Associated with the new concept of macromodelling, hierarchical approach provides effective analysis methodology for mixed-signal chips. The hierarchical approach provides the analysis of chip-level discharging paths and reliability of gate oxide. Simulation results on a CMOS ASIC chip processed in a 0.25-&mgr; technology are in accordance with the measurement data. Scanning electron microscope locates a gate oxide fault as our analysis predicted.