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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Shabbir H. Batterywala, Bangalore, IN;
Narendra Shenoy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Madhav Desai, Powai Mumbai, IN;
Shabbir H. Batterywala, Bangalore, IN;
Narendra Shenoy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Madhav Desai, Powai Mumbai, IN;
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for estimating parasitic capacitance for an integrated circuit. During operation, the system reads a technology file, which describes the composition of a vertical cross-section of the integrated circuit. Next, the system reads a design file, which specifies the layout of the integrated circuit. The system then identifies a set of dielectric configurations based on information contained in the technology file. It then computes Green's function for each of these configurations. Next, the system estimates a parasitic capacitance using information contained in the design file and using the set of Green's functions.