Cadence ENCOUNTER LIBRARY CHARACTERIZER Datasheet

Summary of ENCOUNTER LIBRARY CHARACTERIZER

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    D a ta s h e e t encounter library characterizer power and process variation concerns are growing along with other challenges for digital ic designers. To get the most out of today’s large, low-power designs, engineers need advanced modeling formats to support their cutting-edge digital design flows...

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    2 www.Cadence.Com encounter library characterizer realizing their ultimate vision. As a result, asic and cot designers may hesitate to implement a particular design strategy due to the need for custom standard-cell libraries at specialized process, voltage, and temperature (pvt) points to suit their...

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    3 www.Cadence.Com encounter library characterizer loading on the output. Encounter library characterizer accurately generates these models to support synthesis and static timing analysis (sta), and provides a baseline for more advanced modeling formats. Ecsm delay model characterization modeling the...

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    4 www.Cadence.Com encounter library characterizer ccs power model characterization the ccs power model provides additional information for dynamic and static power analysis similar to that provided by ecsm power. Characterization includes: • dc current • output voltage • noise propagation • miller c...

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    5 www.Cadence.Com encounter library characterizer advanced statistical ecsms to determine the probability of timing failure over the full range of process variation and can account for the variability of the process parameters in a single run. This reduces both pessimism and guardbanding, which decr...

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    © 2009 cadence design systems, inc. All rights reserved. Cadence, the cadence logo, encounter, signalstorm, spectre, and virtuoso are registered trademarks of cadence design systems, inc. All others are properties of their respective holders. 21238 12/09 km/dm/pdf for more information contact cadenc...