EDN

Overcoming Static Timing Issues in Low-Power 3G Chips

Designers are using every design trick to reduce power in a 3G chip design. But, while cutting power, these tricks can create static timing analysis problems. Here's a look at how designers can close ...
Embedded

Static timing analysis: bridging the gap between simulation and silicon

Static Timing Analysis (STA) not only acts as a connecting link between backend and frontend design activities, but more importantly helps in bridging the gap between simulation and silicon. STA is ...
Design-Reuse

Optimizing Floorplan for STA and Timing improvement in VLSI Design Flow

Static timing analysis is a technique of computing of cell delay and interconnect delay in design (known as path delay) and comparing it against constrain (timing specific) set in SDC file. This paper ...
Electronic Design

Using Timing Constraints For Generating At-Speed Test Patterns

Handling timing exception paths in ATPG tools while creating at-speed patterns has always been a tough and tricky task. It is well understood that at-speed testing is a requirement for modern ...
EDN

Overcoming Static Timing Issues in Low-Power 3G Chips

The power issues encountered by today's mobile phone manufacturers is well documented. With cameras, web browsers, and other processing-intensive tasks entering next-generation phones, designers try ...