Outline
• Circuit Pitfalls
– Detective puzzle
– Given circuit and symptom, diagnose cause and recommend solution
– All these pitfalls have caused failures in real chips
• Noise Budgets
• Reliability
Bad Circuit 1
Bad Circuit 1
Bad Circuit 1
vlsi design / September 21, 2021
Circuit Pitfalls
Outline • Circuit Pitfalls – Detective puzzle – Given circuit and symptom, diagnose cause and recommend solution – All these pitfalls have caused failures in real chips • Noise Budgets • Reliability Bad Circuit 1 Bad Circuit 1 Bad Circuit 1