Predicting future product performance: Modeling and evaluation of standard cells in FinFET technologies

Veit B. Kleeberger, Helmut Graeb, Ulf Schlichtmann

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Abstract

With continued scaling of CMOS technology it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain reliable circuits. Early predictive technology and design exploration help to understand major effects of variability sources and their impact on circuit performances. With each new technology basic circuit blocks have to be redesigned to appropriately evaluate the impact of technology scaling. Therefore, this paper presents an approach which is able to find the optimal sizing of basic circuit blocks considering process variation. We utilize this approach to predict the impact of scaling in FinFET technologies and the influence of process variations in future technology nodes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 50th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2013
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event50th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2013 - Austin, TX, United States
Duration: 29 May 20137 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings - Design Automation Conference
ISSN (Print)0738-100X

Conference

Conference50th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, TX
Period29/05/137/06/13

Keywords

  • Discrete sizing
  • Finfet
  • NBTI
  • Predictive modeling
  • Process variations
  • Standard cells

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