WO2005033984A1 - ネットリスト変換方法、ネットリスト変換装置、静止状態貫通電流検出方法、及び静止状態貫通電流検出装置 - Google Patents
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- Netlist conversion method Netlist conversion method, netlist conversion device, static through current detection method, and static through current detection device
- the present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting a through current in a static state in an analog CMOS circuit, and a netlist conversion method and a device therefor.
- the main cause of through current in LSI is that the input terminal or the gate terminal of the transistor is connected to the input terminal of the logic gate circuit and the gate electrode in the open state of the transistor, or to the contact in the high impedance state.
- the input terminal of the logic gate circuit or the gate terminal of the transistor, or the input terminal or the gate terminal of the transistor, and the intermediate potential between the power supply voltage and the ground voltage are electrically coupled by a stray capacitance or a parasitic resistance. It is mentioned that the penetrating stream flows at Transis evening.
- a CMOS logic gate simulation is performed, and a certain logic gate A is focused on.
- the output of the logic gate A is in an undefined state
- a method of judging see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-28879 (page 5, FIG. 13)).
- DC analysis Simulation is a method of analyzing the DC operating point in a static state where the capacitance component is opened and the inductor component is short-circuited. To be more specific, 1) first give the characteristics of the target circuit at rest, 2) perform a DC analysis simulation, and 3) monitor the MO transistor current in the target circuit. is there.
- circuit 3701 shown in FIG. 37 (a) will be described as an example.
- the configuration of the circuit 3701 is composed of OP1 which is an operational amplifier Op Amp, MN1 which is an NchMOS transistor, MP1 which is a PchMOS transistor, a resistor R1, and a power supply AVDD.
- the output A of OP 1 is connected to the gate electrode of MN 1 via net a
- the source electrode of MN 1 is connected to one terminal of R 1 via net b
- the drain electrode of MN1 is connected to the drain electrode of MP1 and the gate electrode of MP1 via net c
- the source electrode of MP1 is connected to power supply AVDD.
- the other terminal of R1 is connected to the reference potential GND
- the reference voltage VREF is connected to the positive input P of OP1
- the control terminal E of 0P1 is connected to the control signal ENAB of ⁇ P1.
- LE 1 is connected.
- I1 is a current flowing from the power supply AVDD to the reference potential via the source terminal of MP1, the drain terminal of MP1, the net c, the drain terminal of MN1, the source terminal of MN1, the net b, and R1.
- ENABLE 1 is “H”
- OP 1 operates as a normal amplifier
- ENABLE 1 is “L”
- OP 1 is powered down and the output A of ⁇ P 1 is Hi. — Let it be Z.
- the operation of the circuit 3701 having the above configuration will be described.
- circuit 3702 shown in FIG. 37 (b) will be described as an example.
- the configuration of the above circuit 3702 is composed of TBUF 1 which is a Tristate buffer, MN2 which is an NchMOS transistor, MP2 which is a PchMOS transistor, and a power supply VDD, and MN2 and MP2 Has formed Inva overnight.
- the output OUT of TBUF 1 is connected to the gate electrode of MN 2 and the gate electrode of MP 2 via net d, the source electrode of MN 2 is connected to the reference potential GND, and MN 2
- the drain electrode of MP2 is connected to the drain electrode of MP2 to become the output signal DOUT, the source electrode of MP2 is connected to the power supply VDD, the input signal DIN is connected to the input terminal IN of TBUF1 and the control of TBUF1 Terminal E is connected to control signal ENABLE 2 of TBUF 1.
- I2 is a current flowing from the power supply VDD to the reference potential via the source terminal of MP2, the drain terminal of MP2, the net D ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ UT, the drain terminal of MN2, and the source terminal of MN2.
- the through current is the inverse current formed by MN 2 and MP 2.
- ENABLE2 When ENABLE2 is "H", TBUF1 performs normal buffer operation, so the output OUT of TBUF1 becomes DIN which is the input of TBUF1, and when ENA: 6 £ 2 is "1 ', It is assumed that the output OUT of TBUF 1 becomes Hi-Z.
- ENABLE2 When ENABLE2 is "H” and an appropriate signal is given to DIN, The output OUT becomes the input signal D IN of the T BUF1, and the input of the inverter composed of MN 2 and MP 2 becomes D IN.As a result, the output of the inverter D OUT becomes the inverted output of DIN.
- the output from the output terminal of a certain circuit in the target circuit is Hi-Z, and this output terminal is connected to the gate electrode of the MOS transistor. Even when there is a possibility that a through current may flow in the stationary state, the potential of the gate electrode of the open transistor, the input terminal of the logic gate circuit, etc. is connected to the reference potential GND in a simulated manner. It is very likely that shoot-through current cannot be detected because of the short circuit.
- a search is made for the gate terminal of the M ⁇ S transistor and the input terminal of the logic gate circuit that are open, and the MOS transistor that is suspected of causing a through current is searched.
- detecting As a method, 1) First, the transistors included in the netlist of the target circuit, that is, the circuit 2) Extract the net name of the gate terminal of the detected transistor; 3) If the extracted net name is not connected to any other than the gate terminal of the detected transistor, It is determined that the transistor is in a state where the gate electrode is in an open state and a through current is likely to occur.
- the target circuit is a circuit including, for example, a switch circuit and an inverter circuit as shown in FIG.
- the input / output terminals of the switch circuit are connected to the input of the inverter circuit.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in the impeller circuit it is not known whether the gate terminal of the MOS transistor is in an open state. It is difficult to reliably detect a transistor that is suspected of causing bleeding.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a stationary through current detection method and apparatus capable of reliably detecting a through current that has been difficult to detect with conventional DC analysis simulations. And a netlist conversion method for converting a netlist of the detection target circuit and a device therefor so as to reliably detect a transistor in which a through current is suspected to occur in the through current detection target circuit. Aim. Disclosure of the invention
- a netlist conversion method includes a netlist specifying step of specifying a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state, and a net connected to a gate terminal of a MOS transistor from the netlist to be detected.
- a net extraction step for storing the extracted nets in the extracted net data provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds, and an extraction net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having the different thresholds.
- the through current detection target circuit in the quiescent state becomes the analog CMOS circuit
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor through which the through current may flow can be fixed at a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage.
- the net extraction step includes a MOS transistor detection step of detecting an MS transistor in the detection target netlist, and a connection to a gate terminal of the detected MOS transistor.
- the M ⁇ S transistor detection step detects whether or not the first character of each line included in the detection target netlist is “M”, and If the first character of ".” Is "M”, it is determined that the line describes the MOS transistor.
- the net detection step is connected to a gate terminal of the MOS transistor from a row determined to be a description relating to the MOS transistor by the MOS transistor detection step. Detected from the model name of the MOS transistor in the sixth character string in the above line, and determines the threshold value of the MOS transistor described above, and determines the corresponding threshold value of the extracted net database provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the threshold database stores the nets connected to the gate terminals of the above MOS transistors.
- the step of detecting the resistance element may include: It is detected whether or not the first character of each line included in the detection target netlist is "R", and if the first character of the line is "R", the line describes a resistance element. And extracting the first character string of the row determined to describe the resistive element as the resistive element name of the resistive element, and extracting the extracted resistive element name of the resistive element, It is stored in the resistance element name database.
- the resistor element name database is searched to create a new resistor element name that is the only resistor element name. Then, the resistance element having the new resistance element name created above is connected to the net held in each extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds and the power supply determined for each threshold of the MOS transistor. To the net list so as to connect between the held net and the reference potential, and the resistance element name of the added resistance element is stored in the resistance element name database. It is added to.
- a resistive element can be inserted into a portion where a through current may flow in the through current detection target circuit.
- the extracted net data further comprises the step of deleting a duplicated net in the base, wherein the step of inserting a resistor includes the step of removing the duplicated net by the step of deleting the duplicated net.
- the step of deleting duplicated nets may include: The extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having the different threshold values is read, and the nets stored in the read extracted net database are rearranged in dictionary order. It searches from the beginning and deletes the nets that are equal to the search target net.
- the netlist conversion method of the present invention reads the extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having the different thresholds, and includes the extracted net database for each extracted net database in the extracted net database base. It includes a net number counting step for counting the number of nets.
- the number of nets extracted from the net list of the through current detection target circuit can be counted, and the number of nets into which the resistance elements are inserted by the net list conversion processing can be obtained.
- the netlist conversion method of the present invention includes: a netlist specifying step of specifying a netlist for which a through current is to be detected in a stationary state; and a MOS transistor in the detection target netlist, A subcircuit replacement step of replacing the subcircuit with a subcircuit according to the threshold value and the type, and a subcircuit addition step of adding the subcircuit information of the replaced subcircuit to the detection target netlist.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor through which the through current may flow can be fixed at a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage.
- the netlist after the conversion by the above netlist conversion method is the netlist after the netlist conversion since the resistor elements are added to the netlist while the netlist before the conversion is maintained. There is also an effect that the configuration of the detection target circuit can be easily understood from the list.
- the above-described sub-circuit replacement step allows the net-list conversion method to place the sub-circuit in the sub-circuit corresponding to the threshold and the type of the MOS transistor. It includes a replacement transistor count step for counting the number of replaced MOS transistors.
- the sub-circuit replacement step may detect an MS transistor in the netlist to be detected, and include a sixth line in the row describing the detected MOS transistor.
- the threshold and type of the MOS transistor are determined from the model name of the MOS transistor in the character string, and the description of the detected MOS transistor is replaced with a subcircuit corresponding to the threshold and type of the MOS transistor.
- An "X" is added to the beginning of the first character string of the replaced subcircuit line, and the second, third, and fourth descriptions of the MOS transistor before replacement with the subcircuit are added to the line.
- the sub-circuit adding step includes adding the sub-circuit information to the detection target netlist, and the sub-circuit information is an MO replaced with the sub-circuit.
- the netlist conversion method of the present invention includes a netlist specifying step of specifying a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state, and a step of connecting to a gate terminal of a MOS transistor from the detected netlist.
- Extract nets A first net extraction step of storing the extracted nets in an extracted net data base provided for each of the M ⁇ S transistors having different threshold values; and connecting the extracted nets to an input terminal of a sub-circuit from the detection target net list.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor through which the through current may flow can be fixed at a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage. Furthermore, even if a sub-circuit is included in the netlist, it is possible to reliably detect a location in the sub-circuit where a through current may be detected.
- the second net extraction step detects whether or not the first character of each line included in the detection target netlist is “X”, and detects the first character of the line. If is "X”, it is determined that the line describes the subcircuit.
- the extracted nets are extracted in the L-th net extraction step and the second net extraction step, and are stored in an extracted net data base provided for each MOS transistor having a different threshold value.
- a duplicated net deleting step of deleting a duplicated net in each extracted net database is included.
- the resistor inserting step removes the duplicated net by the duplicated net deleting step.
- the netlist conversion method of the present invention reads the extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transactions having different thresholds, and for each of the extracted net databases, reads the nets included in the extracted net database. It includes a net number counting step for counting the number.
- the number of nets extracted from the net list of the through current detection target circuit can be counted, and the number of nets into which the resistance element is inserted can be obtained.
- the netlist conversion method of the present invention includes a comparison step of comparing the subcircuit extracted in the second net extraction step with a subcircuit database in which a specific subcircuit is registered.
- the resistor insertion step the net and the power source extracted in the first net extraction step in the detection target net list are based on the extracted net data base provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds.
- a resistor element that is the only resistor element name is inserted, and the second net extraction step in the detection target netlist is performed.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention includes a netlist specifying unit that specifies a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state, and a netlist specifying unit that is connected to a gate terminal of a MOS transistor from the netlist to be detected.
- a net extraction unit that extracts extracted nets and stores the extracted nets on an extraction net basis provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds, and an extraction net provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds. Based on the database, between the net connected to the gate terminal of the extracted MOS transistor in the detection target net list and the power supply determined for each threshold value of the MOS transistor, and And a resistor insertion part for inserting a resistor element that is the only resistor element name between the net and the reference potential. That.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor through which the through current may flow can be fixed at a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention includes, among the nets extracted by the net extraction unit and stored in the extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having the different thresholds, within each extracted net database.
- a duplicated net deletion unit is provided to delete duplicated nets at the same time.
- the resistance input unit is based on an extracted net database from which duplicated nets have been deleted by the duplicated net deletion unit.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention reads the extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having the different thresholds, and, for each extracted net database, a net included in the extracted net database. Count the number of It has a net number counting unit.
- the number of nets extracted from the net list of the through current detection target circuit can be counted, and the number of nets into which the resistance element is inserted by the net list conversion processing can be obtained.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention includes a netlist specifying unit that specifies a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state, and a MOS transistor in the netlist to be detected.
- a sub-circuit replacement unit that replaces with a sub-circuit according to a threshold value and a type; and a sub-circuit addition unit that adds sub-circuit information of the replaced sub-circuit to the detection target netlist. Things.
- the sub-circuit replacing unit includes a replacement transistor number counting unit that counts the number of MOS transistors replaced by the sub-circuit according to the threshold and the type of the MOS transistor. It is provided with.
- the number of replaced MOS transistors in the netlist of the through current detection target circuit can be counted, and the number of nets into which the resistance element is inserted by the netlist conversion processing can be obtained.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention includes a netlist specifying unit that specifies a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state, and a netlist specifying unit that is connected to a gate terminal of a MOS transistor from the netlist to be detected. Extracted nets are extracted, and the extracted nets are extracted nets provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds. A net connected to the input terminal of the sub-circuit is extracted from the first net extraction unit held in the database and the detection target net list, and the extracted net is provided for each of the M ⁇ S transistors having the different thresholds.
- the first net extraction unit and the second net extraction unit in the detection target net list are used.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention is a netlist conversion device, wherein the nets extracted by the first net extraction unit and the second net extraction unit and held in the extracted net database provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds are: A duplicated net deleting unit for deleting a duplicated net in each of the extracted net databases; and the resistance input unit includes: an extracted net data from which the duplicated net is deleted by the duplicated net deleting unit. Based on the evening base, between the power supply and the net extracted by the first net extraction unit and the second net extraction unit in the detection target net list, and the reference potential of the extracted net and the reference potential In between, a resistor element that is the only resistor element name is inserted.
- the netlist conversion device of the present invention reads the extracted net data base provided for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds, and reads the extracted net data base.
- a net number counting unit for counting the number of nets included in the extracted net database for each source.
- the method for detecting a through current in a stationary state may further include: providing a netlist to be detected for a through current in a stationary state according to claim 1, claim 10, or claim 1.
- a DC analysis is performed on the converted netlist obtained in the netlist conversion step, and the DC analysis result is obtained.
- the transistor search step may be configured such that a current II ds I flowing through a MOS transistor in the detection target netlist is set in advance based on the DC analysis result. It is determined whether or not the current threshold value I th is exceeded, and the MOS transistor whose current II ds I exceeds the current threshold value I th is held as a current-through MOS transistor at the current-through MOS transistor base. Things.
- a netlist to be detected as a through current in a stationary state is defined as claim 9, claim 11, or claim 1.
- the netlist conversion method includes: A DC analysis step is performed on the converted netlist to obtain a DC analysis result, and a through current in the detection target netlist is determined based on the DC analysis result obtained in the DC analysis step. It includes a transistor search step of searching for a MOS transistor that may occur, and a total through current calculation step of calculating a total through current of the detection target net list.
- the target circuit for detecting the through current in the static state is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit. It is possible to easily detect a place where a certain through-current may occur, and to calculate a through-current generated in the through-current detection target circuit.
- the total through current calculation step may include the step of calculating the DC analysis result and the number of nets included in the extracted net database, or the number of MOS transistors replaced by subcircuits. From the power supply determined for each threshold value of the MOS transistor and the current flowing between the reference potentials, the number of extracted nets * ((power supply voltage-reference potential) / (insertion resistance value * 2)) Alternatively, (the number of replacement transistors * ((power supply voltage-reference potential) / (insertion resistance value * 2)) is subtracted.
- the through current generated in the through current detection target circuit in the stationary state can be calculated based on the number of nets included in the extracted net data base or the number of MOS transistors replaced by the subcircuit. It can be calculated.
- the method for detecting a through current in a stationary state may further include: providing a netlist to be detected for a through current in a stationary state according to claim 1, claim 10, or claim 1.
- the netlist conversion method according to any one of the above items, a netlist conversion step for performing netlist conversion, and a DC analysis on the converted netlist obtained in the netlist conversion step, and a DC analysis obtained.
- a histogram creation step of creating a histogram relating to the through current IIdsI of the MOS transistor in the detection target netlist.
- the static through current detection device may further include a netlist for detecting a through current in a static state, the netlist being a target of detecting a through current in a static state.
- a netlist conversion unit for performing netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to any one of Items 24, and a DC analysis is performed on the converted netlist obtained by the netlist conversion unit to obtain a DC analysis result.
- a DC analysis unit, and a transistor search unit that searches for a MOS transistor that may cause a through current in the detection target netlist based on the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit. It is provided.
- the static through current detection device may further include a netlist to be detected for the through current in the static state, as defined in claim 21, claim 23, or in the claim.
- a netlist conversion unit that performs netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to any one of Items 26 and 26, and performs a DC analysis on the converted netlist obtained by the netlist conversion unit to obtain a DC analysis result.
- the target circuit for detecting the through current in the static state is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit. It is possible to easily detect a place where a certain through-current may occur, and to calculate a through-current generated in the through-current detection target circuit.
- the static through current detection device may further include a netlist for detecting a through current in a static state, the netlist being a target of detecting a through current in a static state.
- the netlist is converted by the netlist conversion device described in any of A DC analysis is performed on the converted netlist obtained by the netlist conversion unit, and the MOS transistor in the detected netlist is determined based on the obtained DC analysis result.
- a histogram creating unit for creating a histogram relating to the through current II ds I of FIG.
- a program of the present invention is a netlist conversion program for causing a computer to execute a netlist conversion process on a netlist for which a through-current is to be detected in a stationary state.
- the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the MOS transistor A resistance element step of inserting a resistance element that is the only resistance element name between a power supply determined for each threshold value of the resistor and between the extracted net and the reference potential. It is a thing.
- the computer can reliably detect the places where through current may flow in the stationary state, whether the circuit that detects the through current in the stationary state is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor through which the through current may flow can be fixed to a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage.
- a program of the present invention is a netlist conversion program for causing a computer to execute a netlist conversion process on a netlist for which a through-current is to be detected in a stationary state.
- a program of the present invention is a netlist conversion program for causing a computer to execute a netlist conversion process on a netlist for which a through-current is to be detected in a stationary state.
- the computer can reliably detect the places where through current may flow in the stationary state, whether the circuit that detects the through current in the stationary state is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit. Detects and fixes the gate terminal of the MOS transistor where the through current may flow to a voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage can do. Furthermore, even if a sub-circuit is included in the netlist of the target circuit, the computer can reliably detect a location in the sub-circuit where a through current may be detected.
- the program according to the present invention is a stationary state through current detection program for causing a computer to execute a stationary state through current detection process on a netlist to be detected in a stationary state.
- the state feedthrough current detection program uses the netlist conversion method according to any one of claims 1, 10, and 14 to convert the detection target netlist.
- the program of the present invention is a stationary state through current detection program for causing a computer to execute a stationary state through current detection process on a netlist to be detected in a stationary state.
- the static through-current detection program uses the netlist conversion method according to any one of claims 9, 11, or 17 to convert the detection target netlist.
- the M ⁇ S transistors in the above netlist for detection where through current may occur may be detected. Searching for a transistor to be searched; and calculating a total through current for calculating a total through current of the detection target net list.
- the program according to the present invention is a stationary state through current detection program for causing a computer to execute a stationary state through current detection process on a netlist to be detected in a stationary state.
- the state through current detection program, the detection target netlist, the netlist conversion method according to any one of claims 1, 10 or 14, A DC analysis is performed on the converted netlist obtained in the netlist conversion step for converting the netlist, and a MO in the detection target netlist is obtained based on the obtained DC analysis result.
- a histogram creation step of creating a histogram for the through current lids I of the S transistor.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a net extraction process of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a resistor insertion process of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (a) is a diagram showing a netlist of a target circuit to be subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (b) is a diagram showing an extracted net database and a resistor element name database extracted by the net extracting unit of the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (c) is a diagram showing a converted netlist subjected to a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a resistance element name database after the conversion process.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of a converted netlist subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a duplicate net deletion process of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a diagram showing an extracted net data base and a resistor element name database extracted by a net extracting unit of the net list conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 (b) is a diagram showing an extracted net database after being processed by the duplicate net deleting unit of the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 (c) is a diagram showing a converted netlist subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and a resistor element name database after the conversion processing. is there.
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of a converted netlist subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 shows a netlist by the netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a conversion process.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of an extracted net number counting process in the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an extracted net number holding unit that is extracted by an extracted net number counting unit of the netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a transistor replacement process in a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a sub-circuit addition process of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a converted netlist subjected to a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and a replacement transistor number holding unit after the conversion process.
- FIG. 21 is a circuit diagram of a converted netlist subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration of the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a second net extraction process of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a resistor insertion process in the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 (a) is a diagram showing a netlist of a target circuit to be subjected to a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 (b) shows a netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- One-net extraction database and nets of resistor elements are shown in FIG. 26 (b).
- FIG. 1 A first figure.
- FIG. 26 (c) is a diagram showing a sub-kit database of the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention and an extracted net database extracted by the second net extracting unit.
- FIG. 26 (d) is a diagram showing the extracted net database after being processed by the duplicate net deleting unit of the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 (e) is a diagram showing an extracted net number holding unit of the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 26 (f) is a diagram showing a converted netlist subjected to netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and a resistor element name database after the conversion processing. is there.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a stationary through current detection process by the stationary through current detection device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a transistor search process in the stationary through current detection processing by the stationary through current detection device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a stationary through current detection process performed by the stationary through current detection device according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of an all-through current calculation process in the stationary through current detection process by the stationary through current detection device according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a stationary through current detection process by the stationary through current detection device according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 35 shows a static state through the stationary through current detector according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of an IDS I histogram creation process in the state through current detection process.
- FIG. 36 (a) is a diagram showing a transistor I IDSI data obtained by an i IDSI histogram creating section of the static through current detection device according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 36 (b) is a diagram showing a histogram obtained by transistor IDS I data obtained by an IDS I histogram creating section of the static through current detector according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention. is there.
- FIG. 37 (a) is a circuit example for explaining the present invention.
- FIG. 37 (b) is a circuit example for explaining the present invention.
- FIG. 38 is a circuit example for explaining a conventional problem.
- a static state through current of the target circuit is detected by converting the netlist of the target circuit and performing a DC analysis simulation on the converted netlist. Therefore, in the following embodiments, a netlist converter will be described first with reference to the drawings, and then a static through current detector using each of the netlist converters will be described. It is assumed that the netlist described in the following description is a netlist in SPICE format.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment.
- the netlist conversion device 10 includes a netlist specifying unit 11, a net extracting unit 12, a resistor inserting unit 13, and a memory 17. More specifically, the netlist specifying unit 11 stores the netlist data. —Specifies the netlist of the circuit to be converted (hereinafter referred to as “target netlist”) for which the through current is to be detected in the stationary state from the netlist stored in advance in the source 14
- the net extraction unit 12 reads the target netlist specified by the netlist specification unit 11 from the netlist database 14 and reads the target netlist from the read target netlist into the gate of the MOS transaction. It extracts the nets connected to the terminals and the names of the resistance elements of the resistors in the netlist.
- the resistance input unit 13 is determined for each net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor extracted from the target net list by the net extraction unit 12 and for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- a resistance element is inserted between the reference voltage and the power supply connected to the power supply and between the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor extracted by the net extraction unit 12 and the reference potential.
- the memory 17 stores the nets connected to the gate terminals of the MOS transistors extracted by the net list database 14 and the net extraction unit 12 as threshold values of the extracted MOS transistors. It includes an extracted net database 15 that is retained for each and a resistance element name database 16 that retains the resistance element names extracted by the net extracting unit 12 described above.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a netlist conversion process in the netlist conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of an extraction process.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a resistor insertion process in the netlist conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 5 (a) shows a circuit to be subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment (here, the circuit shown in FIGS. 37 (a) and (b)).
- FIG. 5 shows a circuit to be subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment (here, the circuit shown in FIGS. 37 (a) and (b)).
- FIG. 5 (b) is a diagram showing the extracted net data and the resistance element name data extracted by the extracted net section of the netlist conversion device according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows a base, FIG.5 (c) shows this Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a converted netlist obtained by performing a netlist conversion process on the netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) in the netlist conversion device, and a resistance element name database after the conversion process.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of the converted netlist shown in FIG. 5 (c).
- step S110 in FIG. 2 when the user specifies a target netlist from which a through current in a stationary state is to be detected by the netlist specifying unit 11 (step S110 in FIG. 2), In step 12, net extraction processing is performed to extract the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in the target net list shown in FIG. 5 (a) (step S120 in FIG. 2).
- the target netlist of FIG. 5 (a) specified by the netlist specifying unit 11 is sequentially read line by line from the first line (step S122 in FIG. 3).
- the description of one element may be described over multiple lines. In this case, it is determined whether or not the first character of the next line starts with "+”. If the character starts with "+”, the same function can be obtained by joining the read line and the next line sequentially.
- step S122 it is determined whether or not the row read in step S122 described above is a description relating to the MOS transistor (step S122 in FIG. 3).
- step S122 by determining whether the first character of the read line starts with "M”, it is determined whether or not the read line is a MOS transistor. That is, if the first character of the read line starts with "M”, it is determined that the description is for a MOS transistor, and the next step S123 is performed. Perform S124.
- the threshold value of the M ⁇ S transistor is obtained from the sixth character string of the read line, that is, the model name of the MOS transistor. Is determined.
- the reason for determining the threshold value of the M ⁇ S transistor is that MOS transistors in recent years have MOS transistors with several types of withstand voltages on one process, that is, MOS transistors with several types of thresholds on one process. MOS transistors in the netlist This is because it is necessary to supply a power supply voltage according to the threshold value of the MOS transistor every time.
- step S124 in FIG. 3 it is determined whether or not the read line is a description relating to a resistive element.
- the read line is a resistive element by determining whether the first character of the read line starts with "R”. That is, if the first character of the read line starts with "R”, it is determined that the description is for a resistive element, the next step S125 is performed, and if not, the step S126 is performed. Is carried out.
- step S124 If it is determined in step S124 that the read row is a resistance element, the name of the resistance element is added to the resistance element name database 16 (step S125 in FIG. 3).
- step S126 in FIG. 3 it is determined whether or not the read line is the last line. If the line is the last line, the process is terminated. If not, the process returns to step S121. Repeat the process.
- an extracted net database 15 and a resistor element name database 16 as shown in FIG. 5 (b) are obtained from the target net list shown in FIG. 5 (a).
- the extracted net database 15 contains the extracted net database 151 for the threshold AVDD and the extracted netdata for the threshold VDD. Evening base 152 exists.
- step S126 of the net extraction processing when it is determined that the read line is the last line, the net extracted between the nets and the power supply, and the extracted net and the reference Connect the resistive element that connects between Then, the processing shifts to the resistance insertion processing for inserting into the resistance list (step S130 in FIG. 2).
- the resistance insertion process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- the element name of the resistor to be inserted into the target netlist is searched in the resistor element name database 16 so as to be the only resistor element name. For example, when the resistive elements in the resistive element name database 16 are arranged in dictionary order, the largest (close to the last page of the dictionary) the number “000” is added to the end of the resistive element name, and the above steps are performed.
- the resistance element name of the resistance element inserted in step S131 is added to the resistance element name database 16.
- the resistance to be inserted into the netlist should be high enough to not hinder the operation of other circuits (about several GO hms to several hundred TO hms).
- the converted netlist 18 shown in FIG. 5 (c) and the resistance element having the added resistance added to the netlist are obtained from the target netlist of FIG. 5 (a).
- the name database 16 ' is obtained.
- the user specifies the target netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) by the netlist specifying unit 11.
- the net extraction unit 12 extracts the target netlister, the net to be converted, and the like.
- the net extracting unit 12 sequentially reads the target net list shown in FIG. 5 (a) one line at a time from the first line. Then, it is determined whether or not the first character of the read line starts with "M" (underlined portion in FIG. 5 (a)), and it is determined whether or not the read line is a description of a MOS transistor.
- lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, 18 The eye is determined to be a description relating to a MOS transistor.
- the threshold value of the MOS transistor is determined from the sixth character string in the read line (the underlined portion in bold in FIG. 5A), that is, the model name of the MOS transistor.
- Fig. 5 (a) if p chhv t ;, n chhv t, it is determined that the transistor is a high threshold (HVT) MOS transistor, and if p chlvt, nch lvt, it is a low threshold (LVT) MOS transistor. I do.
- the third character string in the read line (the bold underlined italics in lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, and 18 in Fig. 5 (a)),
- the net connected to the gate electrode is detected, and the net is added to the extracted net database 15 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the extracted net database of the HVTMOS transistors in the target netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) is the extracted net database: AVDD 151 in FIG. 5 (b).
- the extracted net database of LVTMOS transistors in the target netlist in the figure corresponds to the extracted net database: VDD 152 in Fig. 5 (b).
- the character string after the semicolon in Fig. 5 (b) indicates the hierarchical structure in the netlist.
- the resistance element name database 16 in FIG. 5 (b) corresponds thereto.
- the resistance input unit 13 causes the net extracted by the net extraction unit 12 to connect to the power supply and the net extracted by the net extraction unit 12 to connect to the reference potential. Is inserted into the target netlist.
- the extracted net data base AVDD
- the extracted net data base AVDD
- the data between the net registered in the base and the reference potential, and the extracted net database AVDD
- a resistance element is inserted between the net registered in the database and the power supply VDD, and between the net registered in the database and the reference potential. That is, the 14th to 17th, 24th to 27th, and 30th to 37th lines of the converted netlist 18 shown in FIG. 5 (c) correspond to the resistance elements inserted in the target netlist. .
- the element name of the resistor to be inserted is searched in the resistance element name database 16 and is set as the only resistance element name.
- the resistance element names of the resistance elements inserted into the target netlist as described above are sequentially added to the resistance element name database 16 (the resistance element name database in Fig. 5 (c)). 16 '). By repeating this, the netlist of the target circuit is converted.
- circuit diagram of the converted netlist obtained by such netlist conversion processing is as shown in circuits 3711 and 3712 in FIG.
- ⁇ 1 and the resistors inserted into TBUF 1 are not shown, but in reality, ⁇ 1 and TBUF 1 each have four resistors. It will be inserted.
- the netlist of the target circuit is converted such that a resistor is inserted into the gate terminal of the MOS transistor of the circuit to be converted.
- the target circuit is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit
- the inserted resistor element is connected between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the power supply, and Between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the reference potential, it acts as a curry-up resistor and a pull-down resistor.As a result, there is a possibility that a through current may flow in a quiescent state. Can be fixed to voltage. This makes it possible to reliably detect a through current, which has been difficult to detect by a conventional DC analysis simulation, in a stationary through current detection device described later.
- a MOS transistor is detected from the target netlist, a net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor is extracted, and a resistor is inserted into the net.
- the through current in the target circuit Transistors that are suspected to be generated can be reliably detected, and as a result, a through-current that has been difficult to detect in a conventional DC analysis simulation can be reliably detected by a static through-current detection device described below. Can be detected.
- the net extraction unit extracts all the gate terminals of the MOS transistor that may cause a through current from the netlist of the target circuit, and the resistance insertion unit extracts Although a resistor is inserted between the power supply and between the extracted net and the reference potential, in the second embodiment, a duplicated net deletion unit is further provided to remove the net extracted by the net extraction unit. Of these, duplicates are to be deleted.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment.
- the netlist converter 20 includes a netlist specifying unit 11, a net extracting unit 12, a resistor inserting unit 13, a 'duplicate net deleting unit 21', and a netlist database. 1 4, and extracted net database 2 5 memory 2 7, including, and a resistance element name data base one scan 2 6, is made of. More specifically, the duplicated net deletion unit 21 deletes a duplicated net from the nets extracted by the net extraction unit 12 and outputs a new extracted net database 25. It is.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted here. .
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a netlist conversion process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detailed flow of the duplication net deletion process of a replacement process.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a diagram showing an extracted net database and a resistor element name database, which are extracted by the extracted net unit of the netlist conversion device according to the second embodiment. The figure shows the converted netlist obtained by performing the netlist conversion processing on the netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) in the netlist conversion apparatus according to the second embodiment, and the resistance element name database after the netlist conversion processing.
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of the converted netlist shown in FIG. 10 (c). ⁇
- step S110 in FIG. 8 when the user specifies a target netlist from which a through current in a stationary state is to be detected by the netlist specifying unit 11 (step S110 in FIG. 8), In step 12, net extraction processing is performed to extract the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in the target net list shown in FIG. 5 (a) (step S120 in FIG. 8). The details of this processing are the same as those described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. 3, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
- the net extracted by the extracted net section 12 is read from the extracted net database 25 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor j (step S211 in FIG. 9).
- the nets read from the extracted net database 25 are sorted in dictionary order, and the search is performed from the first row in the extracted net database sorted in the dictionary order, and the search target row is If the indicated net overlaps with the net indicated by the preceding and following lines, it is deleted (step S212 in Fig. 9).
- a new extracted net database 25 ′ in which the overlapping portion of the extracted net database 25 has been deleted is output.
- the converted netlist 28 shown in FIG. 10 (c) and the resistance added to the target netlist are added from the target netlist in FIG. 5 (a).
- the obtained resistance element name database 26 ' is obtained.
- the operation of the netlist conversion device 20 according to the second embodiment will be described in more detail using the examples of the netlists shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 10.
- the user specifies the target netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) by the netlist specifying unit 11.
- the net extraction unit 12 extracts the target netlister, the net to be converted, and the like.
- the net extraction unit 12 determines whether or not the first character of the read line starts with “M” (underlined portion in FIG. 5 (a)), and determines whether the read line is related to the M ⁇ S transistor. Determine whether it is a description.
- FIG. 5 (a) it is determined that the first, second, sixth, seventh, eleventh, twelfth, seventeenth, and eighteenth rows are descriptions relating to the MOS transistor.
- the threshold value of the transistor is determined.
- HVT high threshold MOS transistor
- LVT low threshold MOS transistor
- the third character string in the read line (bold underlined italics in lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, and 18 in Fig. 5 (a)), that is, the gate of the MOS transistor
- the net connected to the electrode is detected, and the net is added to the extracted net database 25 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the extracted net database of HVTMOS transistors in the target netlist in Fig. 5 (a) is the extracted net database in Fig. 10 (a): AVDD 251 corresponds to it, and the extracted net database of LVT MOS transistors is 10 (a) Extracted net database in the figure: VDD 252 corresponds to it. It is described in Fig. 10 (a).
- the string after the semicolon indicates the hierarchical structure within the netlist.
- the first character of the line read by the net extraction unit 12 starts with “R” (underlined portion of the third line in FIG. 5 (a)), and the read line is a resistor element. Is determined.
- the third row is a description relating to a resistive element.
- the first character string of the read line (the bold underlined italic part in the third line in FIG. 5A), that is, the resistance element name of the resistance element is added to the resistance element name database 16. number 5
- the resistance element name database 26 in the figure 10 (a) corresponds to this.
- the duplicate net deletion unit 21 sequentially reads the extracted net databases 251, 252 for each threshold in the extracted net database 25, and After sorting the read lines in dictionary order, delete duplicate nets.
- the extracted netlist database 25 in FIG. 10 (a) the net d in the extracted net database: VDD 252 is duplicated, and this duplication is eliminated.
- a new extracted net database 25 ' is obtained.
- the extracted net database for each threshold after deleting the duplicated nets corresponds to the extracted net database: AVDD 251; and the extracted net database: VDD 252 'shown in Fig. 10 (b). Things.
- the resistance input unit 13 inputs, into the target net list, the resistance element that connects the extracted net after removing the duplicated net and the power supply, and the resistance element that connects the extracted net after removing the duplicated net and the reference potential.
- the 14th to 17th, 24th to 27th, and 30th to 35th rows of the converted netlist 28 shown in FIG. 10 (c) correspond to the resistance elements inserted into the target netlist.
- the element name of the resistor to be input is searched in the resistor element name database 26, and is set as the only resistor element name.
- the resistance element names of the resistance elements entered in the target netlist as described above are sequentially added to the resistance element name database 26 (the resistance element name database 26 in FIG. 10 (c)). '). By repeating this, the netlist of the target circuit is converted.
- the number of resistors inserted into the circuit The number is reduced compared to the one obtained by the netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion device 10 (see the circuit 3712 in FIG. 6).
- ⁇ P 1 and the resistors inserted into TBUF 1 are not shown, but actually four resistors are connected to OP 1 and TBUF 1, respectively. Will be inserted.
- the netlist of the target circuit is converted so that a resistor is inserted into the gate terminal of the MOS transistor of the conversion target circuit.
- the target circuit is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logical circuit
- the inserted resistor element will be connected to the MOS transistor.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the power supply, and between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the reference potential it acts as a pull-up resistor and pull-down resistor.
- the net extraction unit 12 detects a MOS transistor from the target netlist and extracts a net connected to the gate terminal of the M ⁇ S transistor.
- the duplicated net deletion unit 21 removes duplicated nets from the extracted nets and inserts a resistor into the nets.Therefore, it is suspected that a through current in the target circuit will occur. A certain transistor can be reliably detected, and in a static through current detection device to be described later, it is possible to reliably detect a through current that was difficult to detect by the conventional DC analysis simulation.
- the number of resistive elements to be added to the netlist can be reduced to the minimum necessary number. It is possible to shorten.
- the net extraction unit 12 After the net to which the gate terminal of the MOS transistor is connected is extracted and stored in the extracted net data base 25, the extracted net data base 25 is read out by the duplicated net deletion unit 21. Although it has been described that the duplicated net is deleted, when the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor is extracted in the extracted net unit 12, the extracted net is simultaneously extracted by the duplicated net deletion unit 21. If it is determined whether or not it overlaps with the net stored in the extracted net database 25, if it does not overlap, it is stored in the extracted net database 25, and if it overlaps, it is deleted. The processing time required for the net conversion processing can be reduced.
- the net extraction unit extracts the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in which there is a possibility of generation of a through current from the netlist of the target circuit, and extracts the gate terminal in the duplicated net deletion unit. After deleting the overlapping nets among the nets, the resistor is inserted at the resistor input portion so as to connect the net to the power supply and to connect the net to the reference potential.
- an extraction net number counting section is provided, and the number of extracted nets after deleting the overlapping net is counted in the overlapping net deletion section.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment.
- the netlist converter 30 includes a netlist specifying unit 11, a net extracting unit '12, a duplicated net deleting unit 21, an extracted net number counting unit 31 and a resistance input unit. 13, a netlist database 14, an extracted net database 25, a resistance element name database 26, and a memory 37 including an extracted net number holding unit 32.
- the number-of-extracted-nets counting section 31 reads the nets stored in the extracted-net database 25 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the number of extracted nets after deletion is read and counted by the duplicated net deletion unit 21.
- the number of extracted nets holding unit 32 in the memory 37 is counted by the extracted net number counting unit 31. It holds the counted number of extracted nets.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment, and the description is omitted here.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a series of flows of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the netlist conversion process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detailed flow of extraction net number count processing.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the contents of the extracted net number holding unit extracted by the extracted net number counting unit of the netlist conversion device according to the third embodiment.
- a net extraction is performed.
- a net extraction process is performed to extract the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in the target net list shown in FIG. 5 (a) (step S 120 in FIG. 13).
- the details of this processing are the same as those described with reference to FIG. 3 in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.
- the duplicated net deletion unit 21 reads out the nets stored in the extracted net database 25, deletes the duplicated nets, and outputs the duplicated nets to the extracted net database 25 again (No. Step S210 in FIG. 13).
- the details of this processing are the same as those described in Embodiment 2 with reference to FIG. 9, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
- the extracted net number counting section 31 the nets stored in the extracted net database 25 are read, and the number of nets after the duplicated nets are deleted is counted (step S in FIG. 13). 3 1 0).
- the above-described extracted net number counting process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 14.
- the nets held in the extracted net data 25 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor are sequentially read from the first row,
- the number of extracted nets in each extracted net database is counted and stored in the extracted net number holding unit 32 in the memory 37 for each threshold value of the MOS transistor (step S311 in FIG. 14). .
- the extracted net number counting unit 31 counts the number of extracted nets from which duplicate nets have been deleted, and stores the value in the extracted net number holding unit 32 for each threshold value of the MOS transistor. After the holding, the resistance element for inserting the resistance element connecting the extracted net from which the duplicated net is deleted and the power supply, and the resistance net between the extracted net from which the duplicated net is deleted and the reference potential to the target net list is inserted.
- the process is performed (Step S130 in FIG. 13). The details of this processing are the same as those described with reference to FIG. 4 in Embodiment 1 above, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
- the converted netlist 28 shown in FIG. 10 (c) and the resistance added to the target netlist are added from the target netlist in FIG. 5 (a).
- the obtained resistance element name database 26 'and the number of extracted nets shown in FIG. 15 are obtained.
- the net extraction unit 12 extracts a net to be converted from the target net list.
- the net extraction unit 12 determines whether the first character of the read line starts with “M” (underlined portion in FIG. 5 (a)), and determines whether the read line is a description of a MOS transistor. Determine whether or not.
- FIG. 5 (a) it is determined that the first, second, sixth, seventh, eleventh, twelfth, seventeenth, and eighteenth rows are descriptions relating to the MOS transistor.
- Fig. 5 (a) the sixth character string of the read line (bold underlined lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, and 18 in Fig. 5 (a)), that is, from the model name of the MOS transistor, Determine the threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- p chhvt and nchhv t indicate that the transistor is a high threshold (HVT) MOS transistor
- pc hlvt and n ch lvt indicate that the transistor is a low threshold (LVT) MOS transistor. judge.
- the third character string in the read line (the bold underlined italics in lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 17, and 18 in Figure 5 (a)),
- the net connected to the gate electrode is detected, and the net is added to the extracted net database 25 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the extracted net database of HVTMOS transistors in the target net list in Fig. 5 (a) is the extracted net database in Fig. 10 (a): AVDD251 is the equivalent, and the extracted net database of LVTMOS transistors is 10 (a) Extracted net data in the figure: VDD 252 is equivalent to this.
- the resistance element name database 26 in FIG. 10 (a) corresponds thereto.
- the duplicated net deletion unit 21 sequentially reads the extracted net databases 251, 252 for each threshold in the extracted net data base 25, and reads the read line. After sorting in the dictionary order, remove duplicate nets. For example, in the extracted net list data 25 in FIG. 10 (a), the net d in the extracted net database: VDD 252 is duplicated, and this duplication is eliminated. After the duplicate net is deleted by the duplicate net deletion unit 21, a new extracted net small database 25 'is obtained.
- the extracted net database for each threshold after deleting the duplicated net is the extracted net database: AVDD 251 'and the extracted net database: VDD 252' shown in Fig. 10 (b). To do.
- the number of nets included in the extracted net data base 25 is counted by the extracted net number counting unit 31.
- the extracted net database A VDD 251, that is, the number of nets related to HVTMOS transistors is “2” in the top-level hierarchy. "2" in the hierarchy of the operational amplifier ⁇ P, and the extraction net data base: VDD252, that is, the number of nets related to the LVTMOS transistor is 1 in the top-level hierarchy, It is "2" in the hierarchy.
- the information on the number of nets is stored in the extracted net number storage unit 32.
- Figure 15 corresponds to it.
- the resistor insertion unit 13 inserts, into the target netlist, the resistance element that connects the extracted net after removing the duplicated net and the power supply, and connects the extracted net after removing the duplicated net and the reference potential.
- the 14th to 17th, 24th to 27th, and 30th to 35th rows of the converted netlist 28 shown in FIG. 10 (c) correspond to the resistance elements inserted into the target netlist.
- the element name of the resistor to be inserted is searched in the resistance element name database 26, and is set as the only resistance element name.
- the resistance element names of the resistance elements inserted into the target netlist as described above are sequentially added to the resistance element name database 26 (see the resistance element name database in FIG. 10 (c)). 26 '). By repeating this, the netlist of the target circuit is converted.
- circuit diagram of the converted netlist obtained by such netlist conversion processing is as shown in the circuits 3721 and 3722 in FIG.
- the details of this circuit are the same as in the above-described second embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.
- the netlist of the target circuit is converted so that a resistor is inserted into the gate terminal of the MOS transistor of the circuit to be converted.
- the target circuit is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit
- the inserted resistance element is connected between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the power supply.
- the gate terminal of the MOS transistor can be fixed to the voltage between the power supply and the reference voltage. This makes it possible to reliably detect a through current, which has been difficult to detect by a conventional DC analysis simulation, in a static through current detection device described later.
- the net extraction unit 12 detects a MOS transistor from the target netlist, extracts a net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor, and performs duplication.
- the net deletion unit 21 deletes the overlapping nets from the extracted nets and inserts a resistor into the nets, so there is a possibility that a through current in the target circuit will occur.
- Transistors can be reliably detected, and in a static through current detection device to be described later, a through current that has been difficult to be detected by the conventional DC analysis simulation can be reliably detected.
- the number of resistive elements to be added to the netlist can be reduced to the minimum necessary number, thereby reducing the analysis time in the static through current detection device described later. It can be shortened.
- the number-of-extracted-nets counting section 31 is provided, and the number of extracted nets deleted by the duplicated-net-deleting section 21 after being deleted by the duplicated-net-deleting section 21 is assigned. Since the number of nets into which the resistance elements are inserted can be obtained by the insertion unit 13, the calculation of the total through current can be realized in the through current detection device described later.
- the net extraction unit extracts the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in which a through current is likely to occur from the netlist of the target circuit, and then extracts the extracted net and the power supply by the resistance input unit.
- a resistor is inserted between the reference net and the extracted net and the reference potential
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of a netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment.
- the netlist conversion device 40 is composed of a netlist designation unit 11, a transistor replacement unit 41, a subcircuit addition unit 42, and a memory 47.
- the transistor replacement section 41 replaces the MOS transistor to be converted with a sub-circuit in the through-current detection target netlist in the stationary state, and adds the above sub-circuit.
- the part 42 adds the contents of the subcircuit replaced by the above-mentioned transistor replacement part 41 to the target netlist.
- the memory 47 includes a netlist database 14 for holding a netlist of the target circuit, and a replacement transistor number holding section 4 3 for holding the number of transistors to be replaced by the transistor replacement section 41. And a replacement sub-circuit base 44 that holds the added sub-circuits in advance for each of the MOS transistors having different thresholds and types.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a series of flows of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the netlist conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a transistor replacement process.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a subcircuit addition process of the netlist conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 20 shows the converted netlist obtained by performing the netlist conversion process on the netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) by the netlist conversion device according to the fourth embodiment, and the netlist conversion process.
- Number of replacement transistors after FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the contents of the holding unit.
- FIG. 21 is a circuit diagram of the converted netlist shown in FIG.
- the transistor replacement is performed.
- the MOS transistor to be converted is replaced with a sub-circuit (step S410 in FIG. 17).
- the target netlist specified by the netlist specifying unit 11 is sequentially read line by line from the first line (step S411 in FIG. 18). Then, it is determined whether or not the first character of the read line starts with “M” (step S 4 1 2 in FIG. 18), and according to the determination result, the read line is Determine whether the description is for a transistor. If the first character of the read line starts with "M”, it is determined that the description is for a MOS transistor, and the next step S 4 13 is performed. If not, the step S 4 1 Perform step 5.
- step S412 If it is determined in step S412 that the read line is a MOS transistor, the threshold and type of the MOS transistor are determined from the sixth character string of the read line, that is, the model name of the MOS transistor. judge. After that, the description of the currently read MOS transistor is replaced with the subcircuit stored in the subcircuit database 44, which is replaced for each threshold and type of MOS transistor (No. 1). Step S 4 13 in FIG. 8). At this time, "X" is added to the beginning of the first character string of the replacement line, and the replaced MOS transistor is replaced by the second, third, fourth, and fifth character strings of the MOS transistor.
- net connection information consisting of "drain terminal”, “gate terminal”, “source terminal” and “park terminal”, and "W: channel width", “L: channel length”, “M: multiplier” Extract parameter information such as “” and transfer it to the sub-circuit.
- W drain diffusion region
- AS source diffusion region
- PD drain diffusion region perimeter
- PS source diffusion region
- Area perimeter can be taken over by the sub-circuit.
- step S415 in FIG. 18 it is determined whether or not the read line is the last line (step S415 in FIG. 18). If the read line is the last line, the process is terminated. If not, the process returns to step S411 to return to the above-described process. repeat.
- step S415 of the transistor replacement processing when it is determined that the read row is the last row, the content of the sub-circuit replaced with the MOS transistor in the transistor replacement processing is added. (Step S420 in FIG. 17).
- the sub-circuit adding process will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 19, a sub-circuit for transistor replacement is added to the target netlist for each transistor having a different threshold value (step S421 in FIG. 19). ).
- the sub-kit added in the above sub-kit addition processing includes one MOS transistor corresponding to the threshold and the type of each MOS transistor, the gate terminal of the M ⁇ S transistor, and the MOS transistor. And a resistance element that connects between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the reference voltage.
- the converted netlist 48 and the number of replacement transistors shown in FIG. 20 can be obtained from the target netlist in FIG. 5 (a).
- the target netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) is specified by the netlist specifying unit 11.
- the transistor replacement unit 41 the MOS transistor to be converted is replaced with a sub-circuit.
- the transistor replacement unit 41 sequentially reads the target netlist shown in FIG. 5 (a) one line at a time from the first line. So Then, it is determined whether the first character of the read line starts with "M" (underlined in Fig. 5 (a)), and it is determined whether the read line is a description relating to a MOS transistor. . In FIG. 5 (a), it is determined that lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 11, 12, 17, and 18 are descriptions relating to the MS transistor.
- the 6th character string of the read line (the bold underlined lines on lines 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 11, 12, 17 and 18 in Fig. 5 (a)), that is, the model name of the MOS transistor
- the threshold value and type of the MOS transistor are determined.
- pc hh Vt, Pch hVTMOS transistor, nchhvt, Nch hVTMOS transistor, pch 1 vt, Pc LVTMOS transistor, nch 1 vt, Nch hLVTMOS Judge as a transistor.
- the number of transistor replacements of the MOS transistors replaced by the transistor replacement unit 41 is counted for each transistor having a different threshold value.
- the contents of the replacement transistor number holding unit 43 in FIG. 20 correspond to this.
- the sub-circuit adding section 42 adds the contents of the sub-circuit for replacing the MOS transistor with the sub-circuit.
- the description of the sub-circuit relating to the Pch hVTMOS transistor is shown in lines 22 to 26, and the Nch hVTMOS transistor The description of the subcircuit on lines 28-32, the description of the subcircuit on the Pch hLVTMOS transistor on lines 34-38, and the description of the subcircuit on the Nc hLVTMOS transistor on lines 40-44 .
- the added sub-circuit includes one MOS transistor corresponding to the threshold and the type of each MOS transistor, a gate terminal of the MOS transistor and a power supply corresponding to the threshold of the MOS transistor, and the MOS transistor.
- a resistance element that connects between the gate terminal and the reference potential is included.
- the circuit diagram of the converted netlist obtained by such a netlist conversion process is as shown in circuits 3731 and 3732 in FIG.
- the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device 40 according to the fourth embodiment has the same number of net conversion processes as the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device 10 according to the first embodiment. Resistance will be introduced.
- the netlist 48 (see FIG. 20) converted by the netlist conversion device 40 according to the fourth embodiment is converted by the netlist conversion device 10 according to the first embodiment. Since the netlist 18 (see Fig. 5 (c)) makes it easier to understand the circuit configuration, and because the resistance elements are added while maintaining the state of the netlist before conversion, the netlist after conversion is It is easy to read and the constituent circuits are easy to understand from the converted netlist.
- the MOS transistor of the circuit to be converted is replaced with the sub-circuit including the resistor, so that even if the target circuit is an analog CMOS circuit, Even in the case of a CMOS logic circuit, when the gate terminal of a MOS transistor is in an undefined state, the resistance element included in the subcircuit replaced in place of the above MOS transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the power supply, and It acts as a pull-up resistor / pull-down resistor between the gate terminal of the MOS transistor and the reference potential.As a result, the gate terminal of the MOS transistor, where a through current may flow in the stationary state, is connected between the power supply and the reference voltage. Can be fixed to voltage.
- the MOS transistor instead of inserting a resistor directly into the gate terminal of the MOS transistor, the MOS transistor is replaced with a sub-circuit including a resistor. This has the effect that the netlist is easy to see and the circuit configuration is easy to understand from the converted netlist.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration of the netlist conversion device 50 according to the fifth embodiment.
- the netlist converter 50 includes a netlist specifying unit 11, a first net extracting unit 12, a second net extracting unit 51, a duplicate net deleting unit 21 and a resistor ⁇ . It consists of an entry 53, a netlist database 14, an extracted net database 55, a resistance element name database 56, and a memory 57 including a sub-circuit database 52.
- the first net extraction unit 12 extracts the net connected to the MOS transistor in the through current detection target net list in the quiescent state.
- the second net extraction unit 51 is connected to an input terminal of a specific sub-circuit with respect to the through-current detection target net list in a stationary state. This is to extract the nets that are in use.
- the resistance introduction unit 53 is extracted from the first net extraction unit 12 and the second net extraction unit 51, and is one of the nets from which the duplicate net is deleted by the duplicate net deletion unit 21.
- a resistor element for connecting a specific net and a reference potential is inserted.
- the subcircuit data 52 in the memory 57 indicates the information of the subcircuit to be extracted by the second net extracting unit 51.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment, and the description is omitted here.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a series of flows of the netlist conversion process by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the flow of the netlist conversion process in the netlist conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a 2 net extraction process
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a resistor insertion process of the net list conversion process shown in FIG.
- FIG. 26 (a) shows the target circuit (here, the circuit shown in FIGS. 37 (a) and 37 (b)) to be subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 26 (b) is a diagram showing a net list.
- FIG. 26 (a) shows the target circuit (here, the circuit shown in FIGS. 37 (a) and 37 (b)) to be subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 26 (b) is a diagram showing a net list
- FIG. 26 (b) shows an extracted net data extracted by an extraction net section of the net list conversion device according to the fifth embodiment.
- is a diagram showing a first 26 (c) drawing is a diagram showing sub-mono- kit contents of the database, and the extracted nets with Dinner Isseki based contents after treatment with the second net extraction unit
- the second 6 Figure d) is a diagram showing the contents of the extracted net database after processing by the duplicate net deletion unit
- Figure 26 (e) is a diagram showing the number of extracted nets counted by the extracted net number counting unit.
- FIG. 26 (f) shows the network according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG net list conversion process is a diagram showing a resistive element name database after the conversion process.
- the user specifies a target netlist from which a through current in a stationary state is to be detected by the netlist specifying unit 11 (step S110 in FIG. 23). Details of this processing are the same as those described in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.
- the target netlist shown in FIG. A first net extraction process is performed to extract a net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor in the network (step S120 in FIG. 23).
- This processing is the same as the net extraction processing described with reference to FIG. 3 in the first embodiment as described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.
- the second net extraction unit 51 reads the target netlist shown in FIG. 26 (a) designated by the netlist designation unit 11 again, and The net connected to the input terminal of a specific subcircuit to be converted is extracted.
- the target netlist specified by the netlist specifying unit 11 is sequentially read line by line from the first line (step S511 in FIG. 24).
- step S512 in FIG. 24 it is determined whether the first character of the read line starts with "X”. That is, if the first character of the read line starts with "X”, it is determined that the description is for a sub-circuit, and the next step S 5 13 is performed. Perform 5 15.
- step S512 If it is determined in step S512 that the read line is a sub-circuit, the final character string of the read line, that is, the sub-circuit name of the read sub-circuit is stored in the sub-circuit database. It is determined whether or not it is included in 52 (step S513 in FIG. 24). Then, if it is determined that the read subcircuit name of the subcircuit is included in the subcircuit database 52, the following step S5 14 is performed. Step S5 15 is performed.
- the sub-circuit is connected to the input terminal of the sub-circuit based on the input terminal information of the sub-circuit included in the sub-circuit database 52 and the threshold information of the MOS transistor of the input terminal.
- the extracted nets are added to the extracted net data base 55 provided for each MOS transistor having a different threshold value obtained by the first net extraction unit 12, and the extracted nets are added to the new extracted net data. Get base 5 5 '. This newly obtained extracted net data 5 5 'is shown in FIG. 26 (c).
- step S5 15 in FIG. 24 it is determined whether or not the read line is the last line (step S5 15 in FIG. 24). If it is the last line, the process ends. If not, the process returns to step S511. Repeat the above process.
- the duplicate net deletion unit 21 duplicates nets of the extracted net database 55 obtained by the second net extraction process S.
- the extracted net database 55 "from which the duplicated nets are deleted is obtained as shown in Fig. 26 (d), and the extracted net count unit 31 retrieves the extracted net database after deleting the duplicated nets.
- the number of nets included in 5 5 is counted and stored in the extracted net number storage unit 32 (see FIG. 26 (e)) in the memory 57 for each threshold value of the MOS transistor (see FIG. 26). Step S310 in the figure).
- the sub-circuit database is extracted from the extracted nets from which the duplicated net is deleted. 52
- the resistance elements connecting the specific net other than the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor included in 2 and the power supply, and the resistance element connecting the specific net and the reference potential are listed in the above target net list.
- a resistor insertion process is performed (step S520 in FIG. 23).
- the resistance extraction processing is extracted by the first net extraction unit 12 and the second net extraction unit 51, and is further duplicated by the duplicated net deletion unit 21.
- the specific power supply other than the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor included in the specific subcircuit held in the subcircuit database 52 and the power supply, and Insert the resistor connecting the specific net and the reference potential into the netlist.
- the extracted net database extracted for each threshold value of the MOS transistor AD VV 55 1'
- the extracted net database VDD 55 2"
- specific nets other than the net connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor included in the sub-circuit database 52 and the MOS traffic A resistance is input to the netlist between the power supplies determined for each threshold value of the transistor and between the specific net and the reference potential (step S521 in FIG. 25).
- the element name of the resistor to be entered is searched in the resistance element name database 56, and is set as the only resistance element name. Also, add the resistance element name of the inserted resistance element to the resistance element name database 56 ,. By repeating this, the target netlist is converted.
- the converted netlist 58 shown in FIG. 26 (f) and the resistance element having the added resistance added to the netlist are obtained from the target netlist of FIG. 26 (a).
- the name 56 'and the number of extracted nets 32 shown in Fig. 26 (e) are obtained.
- Fig. 26 (a) is a representation of the circuit diagram shown in Figs. 37 (a) and (b) as a netlist in SPIC format, as in Fig. 5 (a).
- the difference between Fig. 5 (a) and Fig. 5 (a) is that in Fig. 26 (a), In Fig. 26 (a), the subcircuit I NV is expressed on the sixth line, and the description of the contents of the sub circuit I NV is shown on the 21st to 24th lines. Has been added.
- the first net extraction unit 12 extracts a conversion target net from the target net list. At this time, the first net extraction unit 12 determines whether or not the first character of the read line starts with “M” (underlined portion in FIG. 26 (a)), and determines that the read line is M ⁇ . It is determined whether the description is for an S transistor. In FIG. 26 (a), lines 1, 2, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, and 23 are determined to be descriptions relating to MOS transistors.
- the sixth character string in the read line (bold underlined lines 1, 2, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, and 23 in Fig. 26 (a)) Determine the threshold.
- the threshold In FIG. 26 (a), if pc hhv t, nchhv t, the HVTMOS transistor, pch 1 vt, If nc hlvt, it is determined that the transistor is an LVTMOS transistor.
- the third character string of the read line (the bold underlined italics in lines 1, 2, 10, 11, 16, 17, 22, and 23 in Fig. 26 (a)), that is, the M ⁇ S transistor
- the net connected to the gate electrode is added to the extracted net base 55 provided for each threshold value of the MOS transistor.
- the extracted net database of the HVTMOS transistors in the target netlist in Fig. 26 (a) is the extracted net database in Fig. 26 (b).
- AVDD551 corresponds to it
- the extracted net database of the LVTMOS transistor is The extracted net database in Fig. 26 (b): V DD 552 corresponds to it.
- the first character of the line read by the first net extraction unit 12 starts with “R” (the bold underlined italic part on the third line in FIG. 26 (a)). It is determined whether or not the row is a description related to a resistance element. In the target netlist in FIG. 26 (a), it is determined that the third row is a description related to the resistive element. Then, the first character string of the read line (the bold underlined italic part in the third line of FIG. 26 (a)), that is, the resistance element name of the resistance element is added to the resistance element name database 56. . In FIG. 26 (a), the resistance element name database 56 in FIG. 26 (b) corresponds thereto.
- the second net extraction unit 51 sets the target netlist specified by the netlist specification unit 11 as the conversion target. Extract the net connected to the input terminal of a specific sub-circuit.
- the subcircuit database 52 includes the input information of the sub-circuit and the threshold information of the MOS transistor of the input terminal.
- the sixth and seventh lines correspond to subcircuits included in the subcircuit database 52.
- the input terminal of the subcircuit is extracted by the second net extraction unit 51.
- the extracted nets are added to the extracted net data 55 provided for each MOS transistor having a different threshold value (see FIG. 26 (b)), and a new extracted net is added.
- a net is added to the extracted net database relating to the LVT MOS transistor by the second net extracting unit 51, and the extracted net database: VDD 552 'shown in FIG. 26 (c) corresponds thereto. Things.
- the duplicated net deletion unit 21 saves the extracted net database shown in FIG. 26 (b): AVDD551 and the extracted net database shown in FIG. 26 (c): VDD 552 '.
- the extracted nets are read sequentially, and the lines read from each extracted net database are sorted in dictionary order to remove duplicate nets.
- the nets in the extracted net data: VDD 552 ' are eliminated because the nets IN: I NV and net d overlap.
- a new extracted net database 55 " is obtained.
- the extracted net database in Fig. 26 (d) is AVDD 5 51", respectively.
- the number of nets included in the extracted net data 55 is counted by the extracted net number counter unit 31.
- the net included in the subcircuit data base 52 is not counted (
- the number of nets included in AVDD 551 ' that is, the number of nets related to the HVTMOS transistor is "2" in the top-level hierarchy, and the number of nets included in AVDD 551' is not shown.
- the number of nets in the hierarchy is “2”, while the number of nets included in the extracted net database of FIG. 26 (d): VDD 552 ”, that is, the number of nets related to the LVTMOS transistor is“ 2 ”in the top-level hierarchy.
- the information on the number of nets is stored in the extracted net number storage 32.
- Figure 26 (e) corresponds to it.
- FIG. 26 (d) since “TBUF” and “I NV” are included in the sub-circuit database 52, Lines 13 to 16 and 30 to 37 in Fig. 26 (f) correspond to the resistance elements inserted in the netlist.
- the element name of the resistor to be input is searched in the resistor element name database 56, and is set as the only resistor element name.
- the resistance element names of the resistance elements inserted into the target netlist as described above are sequentially added to the resistance element name table 56 (the resistance element names in Fig. 26 (f)). Database 5 6 '). By repeating this, the target netlist is converted.
- the netlist of the target circuit is converted such that a resistor is inserted into the gate terminal of the MOS transistor of the conversion target circuit.
- the target circuit is an analog CMOS circuit or a CMOS logic circuit
- the inserted resistance element is connected to the gate terminal of the MOS transistor.
- the power supply and between the gate terminal of the MS transistor and the reference potential it acts as a pull-up resistor / pull-down resistor.
- a through current may flow in a quiescent state.
- a circuit in which there is no doubt that a through current is generated in advance is provided in the sub-circuit. Since the resistance is stored in the base 52, and when the resistance is introduced by the resistance input section 53, the resistance is not introduced into the portion indicated in the sub-circuit database 52. However, it is possible to reliably detect a transistor in the target circuit in which a through current is suspected to be generated, and it is difficult to detect the static through-current detection device described later using conventional DC analysis simulation. And the net included in the sub-circuit database 52 is connected to the input terminal of the sub-circuit.
- the number of the resistance elements inserted into the netlist can be greatly reduced, and the analysis time in the static through current detection device to be described later can be reduced. It is possible to shorten it further.
- the number-of-extracted-nets counting section 31 is provided, and the number of extracted nets after the duplicated net is deleted by the duplicated net deleting section 21 is counted.
- the number of nets into which the resistance element is introduced can be obtained, so that the through current detection device described later can calculate the total through current.
- the gate extraction unit uses the gate of the MOS transistor that may generate a through current from the netlist of the target circuit.
- a resistor is inserted by the resistance input unit so as to connect the extracted net to the power source and to connect the extracted net to the reference potential.
- the MOS transistor in which the through current may occur Even if the contents of the sub-circuit with the resistor installed at the gate terminal in the evening are added to the above netlist as the contents of the replaced sub-circuit, The same processing as in the fifth embodiment can be performed.
- FIG. 27 the stationary through-current detector 100 according to the sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 to 29.
- the through-current detection target netlist in the stationary state is converted by the netlist converter described in the first to fifth embodiments, and then the netlist in the stationary state of the netlist is processed. This is to detect a through current.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to the sixth embodiment.
- the static through current detection device 100 is composed of a netlist conversion unit 10, a DC analysis unit 101, a transistor search unit 102, and a memory 105. Things.
- the netlist conversion unit 10 converts the target netlist into the netlist of the stationary through-current detection target circuit so as to insert a resistor at a position where a through-current may be generated.
- the configuration is equivalent to that of Embodiments 1 to 5 described above.
- the DC analysis unit 101 performs a DC analysis on the converted netlist after the netlist conversion processing by the netlist conversion unit 10 to obtain a DC analysis result.
- the transistor search unit 102 searches for a MOS transistor in which a through current is generated, based on the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101.
- the memory 105 holds a DC analysis result holding unit 103 that holds the DC analysis result, and a location where a through current may be generated, which is searched for in the transistor search unit 102. And the current through transistor database 104 to be described.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a series of flows of the through current detection processing by the stationary through current detection device according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing the through current shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a transistor search process in the detection process.
- the netlist converting unit 10 When the user specifies a circuit for which a static through current is to be detected by a netlist specifying unit (not shown) in the netlist converting unit 10, the netlist converting unit 10 The netlist of the target circuit is converted into a netlist (step S1000 in FIG. 28). This operation is as described in the first to fifth embodiments.
- the DC analysis unit 101 performs a DC analysis on the netlist converted by the netlist conversion unit 10 to obtain a DC analysis result, and stores the DC analysis result in the memory 105 in the DC analysis result holding unit 1. It is held at 03 (step S20000 in FIG. 28). Note that the operation of the DC analysis is the same as the conventional operation, and therefore, the description is omitted.
- the transistor search unit 102 searches for a MOS transistor in which a through current may occur, based on the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101, and searches the result. Then, the data is held in the current through transistor database 104 in the memory 105 (step S3000 in FIG. 28).
- step S310 information on the MOS transistor is searched from the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101 (step S310 in FIG. 29). Then, if I ID S I> I th, step S330 is performed; otherwise, step S340 is performed. That is, if the IIDSI is larger than Ith, it is determined that a through current has occurred in the MOS transistor, and the MOS transistor is added to the current through transistor database 104 (second In step 3300 in FIG. 9, if the above IIDSI is smaller than Ith, it is determined that no through current has occurred in the MOS transistor. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the searched MOS transistor is the last MOS transistor (step S3400 in FIG. 29), and if it is the last MOS transistor, the process ends. If not, the process returns to step S3100 and repeats the above processing.
- the netlist conversion unit is the netlist conversion device described in the fifth embodiment.
- the target netlist in FIG. 26 (a) is subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion unit 10 which is the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (f). Assume that a netlist is obtained after conversion.
- control signal ENABLE 1 of OP 1 and the control signal ENABLE 2 of TBUF 1 are “L” when detecting the through current in the stationary state.
- the net a in the circuit 3701 in FIG. 37 (a) becomes indefinite, and there is a possibility that the through current I1 flows.
- the net d in the circuit 3702 in FIG. 37 (b) becomes undefined, and the through current I2 may flow.
- net a is found to be at the midpoint between the power supply voltage AVDD and the reference potential due to the action of R1002 and R1003.
- net d is fixed to the midpoint voltage between the power supply voltage VDD and the reference potential by the action of R1004 and R1005, so that it can be detected by the conventional DC analysis simulation. Difficult through currents I1 and I2 flow. Other nets operate at the normal DC operating point.
- the sixth embodiment after performing a netlist conversion process of inserting a resistor at a place where a through current is suspected to occur, with respect to the netlist of the stationary through current detection target circuit. Since the current of the MOS transistor is monitored, it is possible to easily detect a place where a through current is likely to occur, which is difficult to detect by ordinary DC analysis.
- the case where the netlist converter 50 described in the fifth embodiment corresponds to the netlist converter 10 has been described as an example.
- the same effect can be obtained even if 10 is the netlist conversion device 10 to 40 described in the first to fourth embodiments.
- Embodiment 6 described above, a case where a location where a static through current occurs is described. In Embodiment 7, however, the total through current in the static state of the netlist is further calculated. Things.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to the seventh embodiment.
- the stationary through current detection device 200 includes a netlist conversion unit 30, a DC analysis unit 101, a transistor search unit 102, and a total through current calculation unit.
- the netlist conversion unit 30 converts the target netlist into the netlist of the stationary through-current detection target circuit so as to insert a resistor at a position where a through-current may be generated. It is something to convert. In the seventh embodiment, since the total through current is calculated, the netlist conversion unit is used.
- the configuration of No. 30 corresponds to, for example, the netlist conversion device according to the third to fifth embodiments, which calculates the number of resistors inserted in the netlist conversion process.
- the all-through current calculation unit 201 calculates the total through current by subtracting the current flowing through the resistance element inserted between the power supply and the reference potential from the current flowing through the power supply.
- the all through current holding unit 202 in 205 holds the value obtained by the all through current calculation unit 201 described above.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the sixth embodiment, and the description is omitted here.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a through current detection process performed by the stationary through current detection device according to the seventh embodiment.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the through current shown in FIG. 31.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of a total through current calculation process in the detection process.
- the netlist converting unit 30 specifies the specified circuit.
- the netlist of the target circuit is subjected to netlist conversion (step S1000 in FIG. 31).
- the number of simultaneously input resistors is counted and stored in the extracted net number storage unit 32 in the netlist conversion unit 30.
- This operation is as described in the third to fifth embodiments. Specifically, in the third and fifth embodiments, the number of extracted nets is stored in the extracted net number holding unit 32. In mode 4, the number of replacement transistors is held in the replacement transistor number holding unit 43.
- the DC analysis unit 101 performs a DC analysis on the netlist converted by the netlist conversion unit 30 to obtain a DC analysis result, and stores the DC analysis result in the memory 205. It is held in the section 103 (step S20000 in FIG. 31). Note that the operation of the DC analysis is the same as that of the related art, and thus the description is omitted.
- the transistor search unit 102 searches for a MOS transistor in which a through current may occur, based on the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101, and The result is stored in the current base transistor 104 in the memory 205 (step S3000 in FIG. 31). Note that this processing is the same as that described in Embodiment 6 above with reference to FIG. 29, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
- the total through current calculation unit 201 the number of extracted nets or the number of replacement transistors obtained in the net conversion unit 30 and the DC analysis result obtained in the DC analysis unit 101 are used. Then, the total through current is calculated (step S400 in FIG. 31).
- the current flowing between the power supply and the reference potential is extracted from the DC analysis result 103 obtained by the DC analysis unit 101 and stored in the DC analysis result storage unit 103 (Fig. 3-2). Step S 4100). Then, based on the number of extracted nets or the number of replacement transistors for each MOS transistor having a different threshold value obtained in the netlist conversion unit 30, the current flowing between the power supply and the reference potential is passed through the inserted resistance element. The current flowing between the power supply and the reference potential is subtracted to obtain the total through current.
- N represents ⁇ (number of sub-circuits X * number of nets extracted in sub-circuit X) [calculated in all sub-circuits including the top cell]. The total through current obtained in this manner is held in the all through current holding unit 202.
- the target netlist shown in FIG. 26 (a) is subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device according to the fifth embodiment in the netlist conversion unit 30, and the converted netlist shown in FIG. Assume that Netlist 58 is obtained.
- step S4100 of the all through current calculation unit 201 the amount of current flowing through the power supply AVD m is extracted as IAVDD, and the amount of current flowing through the power supply VDD is extracted as IVDD.
- the number of extracted nets for the power supply AVDD is '2' for the top cell, '2' for the sub-circuit OP, and the number of sub-circuits OP.
- the netlist of the static through-current detection target circuit is subjected to the netlist conversion processing to insert the resistance into the place where the through-current is suspected to occur. Therefore, since the current of the MOS transistor is monitored, it is possible to easily detect a place where a through current is likely to occur, which is difficult to detect by ordinary DC analysis.
- the stationary through-current detector 300 according to the eighth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 33 to 36.
- Embodiment 6 a case where a location where a static through current occurs is described.
- Embodiment 8 a location where the through current occurs is displayed in a graph. .
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a configuration of a stationary through current detection device according to the eighth embodiment.
- the stationary state through-current detector 300 includes a netlist conversion unit 10, a DC analysis unit 101, an IIDSI histogram creation unit 301, a DC analysis result holding unit 103, and a transistor IIDSI database. And memory 305, including 302. More specifically, the netlist conversion unit 10 converts the netlist in the static state through-current detection target circuit such that a resistor is inserted at a location where a through-current may be generated, with respect to the netlist of the target circuit.
- the configuration is as shown in Embodiments 1 to 5 above.
- the IIDSI histogram creation unit 301 creates an IIDSI histogram of the MS transistor from the DC analysis result obtained in the DC analysis unit 101.
- the transistor IIDSI database 302 in the memory 305 holds the IIDSI of the MOS transistor obtained in the IIDSI histogram creation section 301.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the sixth embodiment, and the description is omitted here.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a series of flows of a through current detection process performed by the stationary through current detection device according to the eighth embodiment.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing the through current shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a detailed flow of an IIDSI histogram creation process in the detection process.
- Fig. 36 (a) is a diagram showing the transient IIDSI data base obtained by the IIDSI histogram generator, and Fig. 36 (b) is based on the database of Fig. 36 (a). It is a figure which shows the obtained histogram.
- the netlist converting unit 10 When the user specifies a circuit for which a static through current is to be detected by a netlist specifying unit (not shown) in the netlist converting unit 10, the netlist converting unit 10 The netlist conversion is performed on the netlist of the target circuit (step S1000 in FIG. 34). This operation is as described in the first to fifth embodiments.
- the DC analysis unit 101 performs a DC analysis on the netlist converted by the netlist conversion unit 10 to obtain a DC analysis result, and stores the DC analysis result in the memory 105 in the DC analysis result holding unit 1. It is held at 03 (step S20000 in FIG. 34). Note that the operation of the DC analysis is the same as the conventional operation, and therefore, the description is omitted. Then, based on the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101, the IDS I histogram of the MOS transistor is obtained by the IDS I histogram creation unit 301 (step S5000 in FIG. 34).
- a transistor is searched from the DC analysis result obtained by the DC analysis unit 101 (step S5100 in FIG. 35). Then, the retrieved I IDs of the transistors are added to the transistor I DS 1 database 302 in the memory 305 (step S5200 in FIG. 35).
- step S5300 in FIG. 35 it is determined whether or not the search for the transit time of the DC analysis result in the above steps S5100 to 5200 is completed. End, otherwise return to step S5100 above and repeat the process described above.
- a histogram of I DS I is created from the transistor I DS I data base 302 and output (step S5400 in FIG. 35).
- the operation of the stationary through current detection device 300 according to the eighth embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to the example of the netlist shown in FIG.
- a description will be given assuming that the netlist conversion unit 10 is the netlist conversion device described in the fifth embodiment.
- the target netlist of FIG. 26 (a) is subjected to netlist conversion by the netlist conversion device of the fifth embodiment in the netlist conversion unit 10, and the netlist conversion shown in FIG. 26 (f) is performed.
- a netlist is obtained.
- control signal ENABLE 1 of P1 and the control signal ENABLE 2 of TBUF 1 are “L” when detecting the through current in the stationary state.
- the net a in the circuit 3701 in FIG. 37 (a) becomes indefinite, and there is a possibility that the through current I1 flows.
- the net d in the circuit 3702 in FIG. 37 (b) becomes unstable, and there is a possibility that the through current I2 flows.
- the net a is based on the power supply voltage AVDD by the action of R1002 and R1003.
- the transistor I l »SI database 302 obtained by the I IDS I histogram creation section 301 is as shown in FIG. 36 (a), and the histogram obtained at this time is as shown in FIG. 36 (b) It is as shown in the figure.
- a netlist conversion process of inserting a resistor into a cylinder where a through current is suspected to occur is performed on a netlist of a stationary through current detection target circuit. Since the current of the MOS transistor is monitored, it is possible to easily detect a place where a through current may occur, which is difficult to detect by ordinary DC analysis. Further, according to the eighth embodiment, the IIDSI histogram creating unit 301 represents the IIDSI of the MOS transistor by using the IDISI histogram, so that there is a possibility that a through current may occur. Can be visually detected.
- the description of the extracted net database 14, the resistor element name database 16, the extracted net number holding unit 32, and the like described in each of the above-described embodiments does not need to be as shown in the drawings, and the same effect can be obtained. In that case, the notation method does not matter.
- the resistance value of the resistance element entered in the netlist is set to 100T (see FIG. 5 (c), etc.). However, the resistance value does not hinder the operation of other circuits. If the resistance is high (about several G Ohm to several hundred T Ohm), this value I don't care.
- the netlist conversion process by the above device or the static through current detection process is automatically performed by a computer.
- a program to be performed may be generated, and a netlist conversion process or a static through current detection process may be automatically performed on the detection target circuit by a computer.
- the netlist conversion device and the static through current detection device of the present invention are useful for facilitating the development of a system with low power consumption, and for realizing long-term operation of portable terminals and energy saving.
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