TY - GEN
T1 - Derating for static timing analysis
T2 - 10th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2009
AU - Dasdan, Ali
AU - Kolay, Santanu
AU - Yazgan, Mustafa
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Derating is a versatile technique supported by all static timing analysis (STA) tools in industry. In essence, it enables designers to modify any delay or slew computation performed by such tools. Despite this common use in industry, the scientific literature on derating is scarce to none. This has led to its incorrect use, misunderstanding, and even dismissal. This situation has also been exacerbated with the emergence of statistical STA. This paper is our attempt to -ll this void in the literature. We review the use of derating in the context of STA, discuss the important issues, and provide answers to its correct use. We also provide experimental results to justify our claims. Our contribution builds a theoretical and practical foundation to help designers get more insight into derating
AB - Derating is a versatile technique supported by all static timing analysis (STA) tools in industry. In essence, it enables designers to modify any delay or slew computation performed by such tools. Despite this common use in industry, the scientific literature on derating is scarce to none. This has led to its incorrect use, misunderstanding, and even dismissal. This situation has also been exacerbated with the emergence of statistical STA. This paper is our attempt to -ll this void in the literature. We review the use of derating in the context of STA, discuss the important issues, and provide answers to its correct use. We also provide experimental results to justify our claims. Our contribution builds a theoretical and practical foundation to help designers get more insight into derating
KW - Derating
KW - Electronic design automation
KW - Static timing analysis
KW - Timing library
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67649642151&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISQED.2009.4810382
DO - 10.1109/ISQED.2009.4810382
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649642151
SN - 9781424429530
T3 - Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2009
SP - 719
EP - 727
BT - Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, ISQED 2009
Y2 - 16 March 2009 through 18 March 2009
ER -