Voltus Power-Grid Analysis and Signoff

Length: 2 days

Course Description

This is an Engineer Explorer course for designers who need a comprehensive and detailed understanding of power-rail analysis for advanced processes.

In this two-day course, you explore the need for power-rail analysis and use the Cadence^® Voltus^™ IC Power Integrity Solution software to run Static and Dynamic Power and Rail Analyses. On the first day, you identify the features of Voltus, import design data and run design sanity checks. You also run Early Rail Analysis using the Innovus^™ Implementation System. You create a technology library and power-grid libraries. On the second day, you run static power and rail analyses. You also run dynamic power and rail analyses and analyze the results. You identify different IR-aware ECO optimization techniques and develop chip package co-design model. 

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the features and capabilities of Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution
• List the data import methods and run design sanity checks
• Execute Early Rail Analysis to detect problems in the early stage of power-grid design
• Generate Power-Grid Libraries for power-grid analysis
• Execute static power, IR drop and electromigration analyses
• Run dynamic power and rail analyses and analyze the results
• Identify IR Aware ECO techniques to mitigate IR drop issues
• Develop the chip package co-design model

Software Used in This Course

• Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution
• Innovus Implementation System

Software Release(s)

SSV211, INNOVUS211

Modules in this Course

• Voltus IC Power Integrity Solution Overview
• Design Data Importing and Sanity Checks
• Early Rail Analysis
• Power-Grid View Library Generation
• Static Power and Rail Analyses
• Dynamic Power and Rail Analyses

Audience

• Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Designers
• Custom Circuit Designers
• Design Engineers
• Digital IC Designers
• IC Designers
• Place and Route Designers
• Verification Engineers

Prerequisites

You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• Place-and-route tools
• UNIX or Linux OS

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