[SI-LIST] Re: What is probability distribution for logic switching

  • From: "Stephen Zinck" <signalintegrity@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <kalevi@xxxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:18:11 -0500

Hi Kia,

I can't answer your question about the probability distribution for when a 
device will switch. I don't think any one but the manufacturer of the device 
could provide this information. It would seem that every different device 
would have the potential to have a different switch probability "signature" 
though, depending on process technology, among other things...

I will say that in many cases the manufacturer will specify that the flight 
time to the input switching threshold (typically VDD/2 but please see the 
specs to find this value and if it is applicable) can be used as long as the 
input slew-rate requirements are met. Otherwise, your methodology would be 
required. It would seem that measuring to VinH/VinL could be overly 
conservative if slew-rate requirements are being met, hence you could have 
the potential for many false "negative margin" cases. (Is that a double 
negative :-) oops.

While this doesn't answer your specific question, I thought I would at least 
share this, since, in my mind, it seems pertinent... Sorry if it isn't.

Best regards,
Steve

Stephen P. Zinck
Interconnect Engineering
25 Bennett Lot Road
South Berwick, ME 03908
Phone - (207) 384-8280
Fax - (207) 384-5388
Email - szinck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kai Keskinen" <kalevi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: [SI-LIST] What is probability distribution for logic switching


>A little question about probability here:
>
> When we do static timing analysis (STA) using simulation tools, we extract
> the flight times with buffer delay compensation for a rising edge  with 
> the
> minimum time being when the signal goes through VinL and the maximum time
> being when the signal goes through VinH. Does anyone know what kind of
> probability distribution there is for when the device actually switches?
> Let's assume we are taking about CMOS and use a rising edge as an example.
> Assume no noise or cross-talk, just a nice quiet receiver getting a nice
> clean edge.
>
> Does anyone have a good reference for doing statistical timing analysis?
> What I mean is calculating the likelyhood of a timing failure occurring if
> the STA has shown a negative margin. With the faster clock speeds, we are
> getting more negative margins with one or more corner cases and sometimes,
> there appears to be no reasonable fix to get positive timing for all 
> cases.
>
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kai
>
>
>
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