System and method for topology based noise estimation of submicron integrated circuit designs

摘要

A tool for computing noise coupled onto victim lines from aggressor lines of an integrated circuit has code for traversing a victim line of the integrated circuit layout to measure its length, its average width, a coupling length, and a harmonic mean of spacing between the victim line and aggressor lines. The tool has code for computing a resistance, estimated coupling capacitance, and total capacitance of the victim line from these parameters.