PrimeTime SI: Crosstalk Delay and Noise

OVERVIEW

In the class you will learn the basic concepts of crosstalk, their effects on timing and noise, and how PrimeTime SI can be used to identify these effects. You will apply the PrimeTime SI flow and methodology for chip level crosstalk analysis. The labs will demonstrate the use of PrimeTime SI to analyze crosstalk failures on an actual design.

Best practice methodologies will give you the insights to drive the PrimeTime SI tool at its optimum performance and to generate quality results.

Hands-on labs follow each training module, allowing you to apply the skills learned in lecture.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of this workshop the student should be able to:

• Run PTSI for crosstalk delay and noise analysis
• •Use the key reports in the shell and GUI to identify violations due to crosstalk and guide timing closure
• Define clock relationships for improved timing accuracy
• Apply useful commands to catch and report incomplete inputs to PTSI
• More finely control PTSI and your fixing tool using the following techniques
  • Manually control delta delay and noise calculations for specific nets
  • Apply path-based analysis
  • Apply what-if analysis

AUDIENCE PROFILE

Design or verification engineers who perform STA sign-off using PrimeTime.

PREREQUISITES

To benefit the most from the material presented in this workshop, students should have:

• Taken the PrimeTime 1 workshop or
• Gained familiarity with PrimeTime, specifically generating and interpreting reports such as report_timing and report_analysis_coverage.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Run PrimeTime SI: Crosstalk Delay
• Completing your Inputs for PTSI
• Run PrimeTime SI: Crosstalk Noise
• Improving Accuracy
• ECO Flows

SYNOPSYS TOOLS USED

• PrimeTime SI 2006.12

JOB AID

A Job Aid will be used extensively during the workshop.