Modeling Within-Die Spatial Correlation Effects for Process-Design Co-Optimization

  • Authors:
  • Paul Friedberg;Yu Cao;Jason Cain;Ruth Wang;Jan Rabaey;Costas Spanos

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA;University of California, Berkeley, CA

  • Venue:
  • ISQED '05 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Within-die spatial correlation of device parameter values caused by manufacturing variations [1] has a significant impact on circuit performance. Based on experimental and simulation results, we (1) characterize the spatial correlation of gate length over a full-field range of horizontal and vertical separation; (2) develop a rudimentary spatial correlation model; and (3) investigate its impact on the variability of circuit performance.