Method and apparatus for laying out power wiring of semiconductor device
AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorMikiko SODE
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AssigneeRenesas Electronics Corporation
InventorMikiko SODE
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A method for laying out a power wiring of a semiconductor device including an analog circuit and a digital circuit includes: modeling the power wiring as an analysis model including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of element resistors provided between the plurality of nodes neighboring each other; obtaining voltage values of the plurality of nodes by a circuit simulation; searching a maximum current node from nodes of the digital circuit when a substrate noise violation exists in a voltage value of a node of the analog circuit, the maximum current node having a maximum amount of current flowing into the node of the analog circuit; searching a path of a current flowing into the maximum current node in the digital circuit; selecting a bottleneck element resistor from among the plurality of element resistors included in the path; and changing a resistance value of the bottleneck element resistor.
A method for laying out a power wiring of a semiconductor device comprising an analog circuit and a digital circuit, the method comprising:
An apparatus for laying out a power wiring of a semiconductor device comprising an analog circuit and a digital circuit, the apparatus comprising:
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