Benchmarks are an immensely useful tool in performing research since they allow for rapid
and clear comparison between different approaches to solving CAD problems. Recent …

An integrated circuit and a method for using metal fill geometries to reduce the Voltage drop
in power meshes. Metal fill geometries are connected to the power mesh using vias or wires …

Rapidly switching currents of the on-chip devices can cause fluctuations in the supply
voltage which can be classified as IR and Ldi/dt drops. The voltage fluctuations in a supply …

Electromigration (EM) is re-emerging as a significant problem in modern integrated circuits
(IC). Especially in power grids, due to shrinking wire widths and increasing current densities …

We design an algorithmic framework using matrix exponentials for time-domain simulation of
power delivery network (PDN). Our framework can reuse factorized matrices to simulate the …

Power grid verification in modern integrated circuits is an integral part of early system design
where adjustments can be most easily incorporated. In this work, we describe an early …

High performance integrated circuits are now reaching the 100-plus watt regime, and power
delivery and power grid signal integrity have become critical. Analyzing the performance of …

As part of the design of large integrated circuits, one must verify that the power delivery
network provides supply and ground voltages to the circuit that are within specified ranges …

Power supply integrity verification has become a key concern in high performance designs.
In deep submicron technologies, power supply noise can significantly increase the circuit …

Vectorless integrity verification is becoming increasingly critical to robust design of
nanoscale power delivery networks (PDNs). To dramatically improve efficiency and …