As device geometries shrink and power supply voltages decrease, simultaneous switching noise has increasingly detrimental effects on IC reliability. The authors investigate the worst-case conditions for SSN generated by a single switching wire and analyze the impact of transition-reducing encoding on SSN. They show that switching-pattern and layout considerations have a significant impact on TRE performance.
Published in:
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
(Volume:25
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Jan.-Feb. 2008