Systems and methods for solving ir violations

A system for designing an integrated circuit, comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium encoded with a set of instructions;
• and
• a hardware processor communicatively coupled with the non-transitory storage medium and configured to execute the set of instructions, the set of instructions being configured to cause the hardware processor to:
• identify a first circuit component that presents a voltage (IR) drop being equal to or greater than an IR drop threshold through at least an IR drop analysis, wherein the first circuit component is disposed along a plurality of timing paths that each extend from a first storage node and to a second storage node and are each associated with a timing margin;
• split the plurality of timing paths into a first subset of timing paths and a second subset of timing paths, based on a timing margin threshold;
• and
• add a second circuit component disposed along the second subset of timing paths, while keeping the first circuit component disposed along the first subset of timing paths.

A computer program code stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for designing an integrated circuit, the computer program code is configured to cause a system having at least one processor to execute:

• identifying a first circuit component that presents a voltage (IR) drop being equal to or greater than an IR drop threshold through at least an IR drop analysis, wherein the first circuit component is disposed along a plurality of timing paths that each extend from a first storage node and to a second storage node and are each associated with a timing margin;
• splitting the plurality of timing paths into a first subset of timing paths and a second subset of timing paths, based on a timing margin threshold;
• and
• replacing the first circuit component with a third circuit component presenting an updated IP drop.