An on-chip characterizing system for within-die delay variation measurement of individual standard cells in 65-nm CMOS

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Abstract

New characterizing system for within-die delay variations of individual standard cells is presented. The proposed characterizing system is able to measure rising and falling delay variations separately by directly measuring the input and output waveforms of individual gate using an on-chip sampling oscilloscope in 65nm CMOS process. 7 types of standard cells are measured with 60 DUT's for each type. Thanks to the proposed system, a relationship between the rising and falling delay variations and the active area of the standard cells is experimentally shown for the first time.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2011)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages109-110
Number of pages2
ISBN (print)978-1-4244-7514-8
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title16th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
Abbreviated titleASP-DAC 2011
Conference number16
Duration25 - 28 January 2011
Website
LocationPacifico Yokohama
CityYokohama
CountryJapan

External IDs

Scopus 79952934361
ORCID /0000-0002-4152-1203/work/165453410

Keywords

Keywords

  • Delay, System-on-a-chip, Oscilloscopes, Logic gates, Generators, Layout