📚 Complete VLSI eBook Series
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Foundations of Static Timing Analysis — why STA is critical in ASIC physical design flows vs. dynamic simulation.
Core timing path equations — launch/capture flop logic, setup and hold slack calculations, uncertainty, and latency.
Standard cell characterization, library timing models, cell delay lookup tables, and library timing arcs.
Understanding interconnect resistance and capacitance — RC extraction, net delay modeling, and parasitic reduction.
Detailed path delay calculation methods — NLDM vs CCS models, net delays, slew propagation, and corner computation.
Crosstalk delay and noise glitch analysis — aggressor-victim coupling, glitch propagation filtering, and SI closure.
Setting up PrimeTime environment — reading netlists, specifying libraries, applying SDC constraints, and initial runs.
Comprehensive timing verification — report interpretation, constraint validation, timing closure, and signoff methodology.
Timing analysis across interfaces — I/O delays, boundary path constraints, synchronization, and multi-clock domains.
Advanced signoff methodologies — Statistical STA (SSTA), On-Chip Variation (OCV/AOCV/SOCV), and timing margin derates.