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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Peter Maurice Lee, Musashino, JP;

Goichi Yokomizo, Nishitama, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G01R 3/126 ; H01L 2/166 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G01R 3/126 ; H01L 2/166 ;
Abstract

The invention relates to a design system of logic products, which includes a time-consuming detailed simulation part and a fast whole-product simulation part. Two new parameters Ac and n are added to a delay library of the fast whole-product simulation part for the purpose of hot carrier degradation calculations (Degradation=Act ) (wherein n is a slope of time dependence and depends on a bias voltage that the circuit configuration and cells receive, and Ac depends on the bias voltage that the circuit configuration and cells receive). Thereby, it is feasible to carry out optimization of the design by a fast whole-product simulation part without crossing the time-consuming detailed simulation part.


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