REDS: Resistance Extraction for Digital Simulation,

Abstract

This paper describes an extractor designed to produce resistance values for use in digital circuit simulation. REDS avoids resistance extraction on most nets in a design using a simple filter based on the perimeter and area values calculated by the capacitance extractor, allowing it to concentrate on areas where resistance may substantially affect circuit timing. Nets are extracted using a fast square counting algorithm, and simplified before output to remove spurious elements. REDS is designed to work on the Magic layout database.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182464

Entities

People

  • Don Stark
  • Mark Horowitz

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitance
  • Circuits
  • Computations
  • Databases
  • Digital Circuits
  • Extraction
  • Integrated Systems
  • Networks
  • Resistance
  • Resistors
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Transistors

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.