Transient Sensitivity Computation and Applications

Download or read book Transient Sensitivity Computation and Applications written by Tuyen Van Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "Sensitivity information is extremely useful in assessing and improving the performance and robustness of VLSI designs. However, there are inherent limitations that make the computation of transient, or time domain, sensitivities prohibitively expensive in a circuit simulation environment. This work exploits the simplified models and the event-driven nature of piecewise approximate circuit simulation to provide a highly efficient transient sensitivity computation, which has been applied successfully to industrial circuits of up to 1500 MOSFETs. Applications that have been considered previously to be prohibitively expensive in circuit design, verification, and optimization could benefit from such a sensitivity capability.