Common path pessimism removal in static timing analysis

Author

Chunyu Wang

Abstract

"Static timing analysis is a key process to guarantee timing closure for modern IC designs. However, additional pessimism can significantly increase the difficulty to achieve timing closure. Common path pessimism removal (CPPR) is a prevalent step to achieve accurate timing signoff. To speed up the existing exhaustive exploration on all paths in a design, this thesis introduces a fast multi-threading timing analysis for removing common path pessimism based on block-based static timing analysis. Experimental results show that the proposed method has faster runtime in removing excess pessimism from clock paths."--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Shi, Yiyu

Committee Member(s)

Choi, Minsu
Fan, Jun, 1971-

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Summer 2015

Pagination

vii, 25 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 24).

Rights

© 2015 Chunyu Wang, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Timing circuits
Integrated circuits
Nanoelectromechanical systems

Thesis Number

T 10745

Electronic OCLC #

921186273

Recommended Citation

Wang, Chunyu, "Common path pessimism removal in static timing analysis" (2015). Masters Theses. 7440.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7440