Tackling signal electromigration with learning-based detection and multistage mitigation

W Ye, MB Alawieh, Y Lin, DZ Pan - Proceedings of the 24th Asia and …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
With the continuous scaling of integrated circuit (IC) technologies, electromigration (EM)
prevails as one of the major reliability challenges facing the design of robust circuits. With …

Electromigration-aware interconnect design

SS Sapatnekar - Proceedings of the 2019 International Symposium on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Electromigration (EM) is seen as a growing problem in recent and upcoming technology
nodes, and affects a wider variety of wires (eg, power grid, clock/signal nets), circuits (eg …

The need and opportunities of electromigration-aware integrated circuit design

S Bigalke, J Lienig, G Jerke, J Scheible… - 2018 IEEE/ACM …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromigration (EM) is becoming a progressively severe reliability challenge due to
increased interconnect current densities. A shift from traditional (post-layout) EM verification …

Electromigration-aware redundant via insertion

J Pak, B Yu, DZ Pan - The 20th Asia and South Pacific Design …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the feature size shrinks, electromigration (EM) becomes a more critical reliability issue in
IC design. EM around the via structures accounts for much of the reliability problems in ICs …

On potential design impacts of electromigration awareness

AB Kahng, S Nath, TS Rosing - 2013 18th Asia and South …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliability issues significantly limit performance improvements from Moore's-Law scaling. At
45nm and below, electromigration (EM) is a serious reliability issue which affects global and …

Variation-aware electromigration analysis of power/ground networks

D Li, M Marek-Sadowska - 2011 IEEE/ACM International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to shrinking wire dimensions, higher current density, and process variations,
electromigration (EM) has become a major reliability problem. The existing backend design …

A systematic approach for analyzing and optimizing cell-internal signal electromigration

G Posser, V Mishra, P Jain, R Reis… - 2014 IEEE/ACM …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromigration (EM) in on-chip metal interconnects is a critical reliability failure mechanism
in nanometer-scale technologies. This work addresses the problem of EM on signal …

An automated methodology to fix electromigration violations on a customized design flow

L de Paris, R Reis - 2018 IEEE 9th Latin American Symposium …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromigration (EM) effects have been a high concern in IC power delivery networks
design. As the integrated circuits dimensions become smaller and smaller, those effects …

WiT: optimal wiring topology for electromigration avoidance

IHR Jiang, HY Chang, CL Chang - IEEE transactions on very …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to excessive current densities, electromigration (EM) may trigger a permanent open-or
short-circuit failure in signal wires or power networks in analog or mixed-signal circuits. As …

Machine learning based generic violation waiver system with application on electromigration sign-off

N Chang, A Baranwal, H Zhuang… - 2018 23rd Asia and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manually analyzing the results generated by EDA tools to waive or fix any violations is a
tedious, error-prone and time-consuming process. By automating these time-consuming …