Method and device of analyzing crosstalk effects in an electronic device
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing crosstalk effects in an electronic device comprising:
- a) providing a model description of the electronic device, the model description defining a victim net and at least one aggressor net capacitively coupled to the victim net, wherein the model description is configured for use in a simulation of the dynamic response behaviour at an output of the victim net with respect to an input signal of the victim net and/or of the at least one aggressor net, wherein the model description corresponds to a transistor-level description of the electronic device;
b) representing a characteristic property of the dynamic response behaviour as an output function of the simulation, the output function having a value depending on at least two input parameters of the simulation, wherein the input parameters comprise a timing of a transition of the input signal of the at least one aggressor net relative to a timing of a transition of the input signal of the victim net, and wherein the output function represents (i) a measure of noise induced in the output signal of the victim net, (ii) a measure of delay of the output signal of the victim net with respect to the input signal of the victim net, or (iii) a measure of the transition time of a signal transition observed at the output of the victim net; and
c) evaluating the output function so as to find an extremum of the output function in a preset range of the input parameters.
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Abstract
For analyzing the effects of crosstalk in an electronic device, a model description of the electronic device is provided which defines a victim net and at least one aggressor net, the model description allowing for simulating the dynamic response behaviour at an output of the victim net with respect to an input signal of the victim net and/or of the at least one aggressor net. A characteristic property of the response behaviour at the output of the victim net is represented as an output function of the simulation, the value of the output function depending on input parameters of the simulation. The output function is evaluated as to find an extremum of the output function in a preset range of the input parameters. The characteristic property may in particular be a measure of the delay of the output signal of the victim net with respect to the input signal of the victim net, the input parameters corresponding to the timing of a signal transition applied to the input of the at least one aggressor net with respect to the timing of a signal transition applied to the input of the victim net.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing crosstalk effects in an electronic device comprising:
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a) providing a model description of the electronic device, the model description defining a victim net and at least one aggressor net capacitively coupled to the victim net, wherein the model description is configured for use in a simulation of the dynamic response behaviour at an output of the victim net with respect to an input signal of the victim net and/or of the at least one aggressor net, wherein the model description corresponds to a transistor-level description of the electronic device; b) representing a characteristic property of the dynamic response behaviour as an output function of the simulation, the output function having a value depending on at least two input parameters of the simulation, wherein the input parameters comprise a timing of a transition of the input signal of the at least one aggressor net relative to a timing of a transition of the input signal of the victim net, and wherein the output function represents (i) a measure of noise induced in the output signal of the victim net, (ii) a measure of delay of the output signal of the victim net with respect to the input signal of the victim net, or (iii) a measure of the transition time of a signal transition observed at the output of the victim net; and c) evaluating the output function so as to find an extremum of the output function in a preset range of the input parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A device for analyzing crosstalk effect, comprising:
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a processing device configured to process descriptive data of an electronic device, the descriptive data defining a victim net and at least one aggressor net, simulate a response behaviour at an output of the victim net with respect to an input signal of the victim net and/or of the at least one aggressor net, represent a characteristic property of the response behaviour at an output of the victim net as an output function of the simulation, a value of the output function depending on at least two input parameters of the simulation, wherein the input parameters comprise a timing of a transition of the input signal of the at least one aggressor net relative to a timing of a transition of the input signal of the victim net, and wherein the output function represents (i) a measure of noise induced in the output signal of the victim net. (ii) a measure of delay of the output signal of the victim net with respect to the input signal of the victim net, or (iii) a measure of the transition time of a signal transition observed at the output of the victim net, and evaluate the output function so as to find an extremum of the output function in a preset range of the input parameters.
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23. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for analyzing crosstalk effects in an electronic device, by:
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a) providing a model description of the electronic device, the model description defining a victim net and at least one aggressor net capacitively coupled to the victim net, wherein the model description is configured for use in a simulation of a dynamic response behaviour at an output of the victim net with respect to an input signal of the victim net and/or of the at least one aggressor net; b) representing a characteristic property of the dynamic response behaviour as an output function of the simulation, the output function having a value depending on at least two input parameters of the simulation, wherein the input parameters comprise a timing of a transition of the input signal of the at least one aggressor net relative to a timing of a transition of the input signal of the victim net, and wherein the output function represents (i) a measure of noise induced in the output signal of the victim net, (ii) a measure of delay of the output signal of the victim net with respect to the input signal of the victim net, or (iii) a measure of the transition time of a signal transition observed at the output of the victim net; and c) evaluating the output function so as to find an extremum of the output function in a preset range of the input parameters.
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