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J4  2011, Vol. 45 Issue (3): 445-450    DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-973X.2011.03.008
电气工程     
基于时延搜索的SRAM建立时间快速提取方法
黄雪维,张培勇,吕冬明,郑丹丹,严晓浪
浙江大学 超大规模集成电路设计研究所,浙江 杭州 310027
Fast setup time characterization of static random access memory
 based on search-delay
HUANG Xue-wei,  ZHANG Pei-yong,  LV Dong-ming,  ZHENG Dan-dan, YAN Xiao-lang
Institute of VLSI Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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摘要:

片上系统包含的嵌入式存储器数量在迅速增加,这需要高速的提取静态随机存储器(SRAM)时序的方法.传统的SRAM建立时间提取方法(search based for setup time, sbSetup)耗时过大,严重影响了定制电路SRAM的设计周期.针对该问题提出一种基于时延搜索的SRAM建立时间快速提取方法(search delay based for setup time, sdbSetup),该方法通过仿真影响建立时间的局部电路,并利用基于路径延时方法(delay based for setup time, dbSetup)来确定比较精确的时间窗,再运用二分迭代法来提取建立时间.该方法从减少仿真电路的规模和确定精确的时间窗两个方面来优化提取时间.仿真实验表明:与sbSetup方法相比,sdbSetup方法不仅能提供准确的建立时间,而且提取速度平均提高了60倍.

Abstract:

The amount of embedded memory in system-on-chip designs has been increasing rapidly, which demands faster and more accurate characterization of static random access memory (SRAM)  setup time. Traditional approach (search based for setup time, sbSetup) affects the time to market since the simulation consumes too much time. A novel methodology was proposed to characterize setup time for SRAM—sdbSetup(search-delay-based-setup-time). The methodology analyzes and extractes partial circuits that have great impact on setup time for simulation instead of the traditional entire circuit topology simulation approach, thereby determines more precise timing window for dichotomizing characterization of setup time based on the path delay calculation methodology. Moreover, this work characterized the setup time for SRAM, aside from an accurate setup time, sdbSetup also improves run-time 60 times comparing with the traditional approach.

出版日期: 2012-03-16
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基金资助:

国家自然科学基金资助项目(60720106003 ),中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目.

通讯作者: 张培勇,男,副教授.     E-mail: zhangpy@vlsi.zju.edu.cn
作者简介: 黄雪维(1984-),女,江西高安人,硕士生,主要从事集成电路设计与研究.E-mail: lisa-huang09@hotmail.com
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黄雪维,张培勇,吕冬明,郑丹丹,严晓浪. 基于时延搜索的SRAM建立时间快速提取方法[J]. J4, 2011, 45(3): 445-450.

HUANG Xue-wei, ZHANG Pei-yong, LV Dong-ming, ZHENG Dan-dan, YAN Xiao-lang. Fast setup time characterization of static random access memory
 based on search-delay. J4, 2011, 45(3): 445-450.

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