Statistical Based Link Insertion for Robust Clock Network Design

Statistical Based Link Insertion for Robust Clock Network Design

W.-C. Douglas Lam, Y. Chen, J. Jain, C.-K. Koh and V. Balakrishnan

In Proc. Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) , San Jose, CA, November 2005


Abstract: We present a statistical based non-tree clock distribution construction algorithm that starts with a tree and incrementally insert cross links, such that the skew variation of the final clock network is within a certain confidence interval under variations in wire width. Monte Carlo simulations show that the robustness of the final clock network can be significantly improved with a small increase in wire length.
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