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US07886246B2 Methods for identifying failing timing requirements in a digital design
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识别数字设计中的故障定时要求的方法
- Patent Title: Methods for identifying failing timing requirements in a digital design
- Patent Title (中): 识别数字设计中的故障定时要求的方法
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Application No.: US12103845Application Date: 2008-04-16
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Publication No.: US07886246B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Nathan C. Buck , John P. Dubuque , Eric A. Foreman , Peter A. Habitz , Chandramouli Visweswariah
- Applicant: Nathan C. Buck , John P. Dubuque , Eric A. Foreman , Peter A. Habitz , Chandramouli Visweswariah
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06F9/45

Abstract:
Methods for identifying failing timing requirements in a digital design. The method includes identifying at least one timing test in the digital design that has a passing slack in a base process corner and a failing slack in a different process corner. The method further includes computing a sensitivity of the failing slack to each of a plurality of variables and comparing each sensitivity to a respective sensitivity threshold. If the sensitivity of at least one of the variables is greater than the respective sensitivity threshold, then the at least one timing test is considered to fail.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090265674A1 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FAILING TIMING REQUIREMENTS IN A DIGITAL DESIGN Public/Granted day:2009-10-22
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