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Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jason David Morsey, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Steven Eugene Washburn, Poughquag, NY (US);

Patrick M. Williams, Salt Point, NY (US);

Michael Hemsley Wood, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 3/487 (2015.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/10 (2013.01); H03K 19/00346 (2013.01); H04B 3/487 (2015.01);
Abstract

Coupled noise from at least one out-of-context aggressor net of an integrated circuit design is computed for an out-of-context victim net. The nets are out-of-context with respect to a hierarchical noise analysis of the integrated circuit design. At least one of the nets is a continuation of a path which extends to at least one in-context portion of the integrated circuit design. An aggressor signal timing window is derived for the at least one out-of-context aggressor net; a victim signal timing window is derived for the out-of-context victim net; and a timing window and noise analysis is completed with the aggressor signal timing window and the victim signal timing window. The aggressor window is derived as a function of required arrival time of the at least one out-of-context aggressor net and/or the victim window is derived as a function of required arrival time of the out-of-context victim net.


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