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Gate Delay Calculation Considering The Crosstalk Capacitances
Gate Delay Calculation Considering The Crosstalk Capacitances
i.e., 50%
t f (Tin , CL ) 10%
% denotes the percentage of the t10%
t(s)
output transition.
t50%
t is the output delay with respect to the
t90%
50% point of the input signal.
f is the corresponding delay function.
T in Tin
R
Gate /Cell Gate /Cell
C1 C2 Ceff
C(a,b) C2,a
C1,a C1,c C2,c
C(b,a)
tin,b tout,b Rb
C1,b C2,b
t
T
a) RC element b) Current waveform c) Effective capacitiance
Ceff C (1 e
T
RC )
Soroush Abbaspour ASP-DAC 2004 Massoud Pedram
Effective Capacitance Calculation (Cont’d)
Similarly, the effective capacitance for an RC- model load can
be written as:
Ceff C1 (1 e out 2 )C2
k t R C
k is a dimensionless constant
tout is the gate output transition time.
0. 8
0. 6
kt 0. 4
0. 2
0. 9
0
1 4 0. 1
7 10 13 16
'
Soroush Abbaspour ASP-DAC 2004 Massoud Pedram
Advantage of The Proposed Equation to Macys’
Equation
An analytical expression for effective capacitance
Our approach results in a more stable effective
capacitance estimation.
tout tout
t
Hout
t
out
tout tout t t
out out
Ceff
Ceff Ceff Ceff Ceff tout
C1 C2 C1 C2 Ceff
Ceff kt kt 2 '(1 )ekt '
tout coeff
Ceff Ceff kt Ceff (1 ekt ' )(1 )
tout t t k t k
H out out t out t
kt kt kt tout Ceff kt Ceff tout
kt
t Ceff Ceff k t Ceff k
out t Hout t
Ceff tout kt Ceff kt Ceff
0. 2
0. 15
coeff
0. 1
0. 0 5
0. 7
0
1 4 0. 1
7 10 13 16
'
Therefore,
d
C (1 e kt ' )C d kt ' ekt ' C 1
1 2 2
dCeff dCeff
Ia
tin(a) Ca
Cc
tin(b) I Vb
tin(b) tout(b)b
Cb
tin(b) I Vb
tin(b) tout(b)b tin(b) tout(b) Ib
Cb Cb Ceff(b)
1 k g1 tout ( a )
k C C 1 k t
f1 a c g1 out ( a )
G (CC , Tout ) Cc F (Tin , C L Ceff )
1 k g 2 tout ( b )
k f 2 Cb Cc 1 k g 2 tout (b )
C(a,b) C2,a
C1,a C1,c C2,c
C(b,a)
tin,b tout,n(b) Rb tout,f(b)
C1,b C2,b