PathInspector
Transistor Level Critical Path Analyzer
PathInspector automatically identifies the critical path and enables designers to analyze the critical path with highest precision.
Transistor level circuit simulation is the essential step of the integrated circuit (IC) design. However, it is generally impractical to simulate the entire SoC at the transistor level. Designers need to identify the critical path and should be able to analyze the selected critical path with highest accuracy within the limited design time.
Key Features
- TR level Critical Path Tracing/Extraction
- Interactive critical path tracing
- Spice netlist generation with annotated parasitic
- Critical path expansion with termination rules
- TR level Critical Path Analysis
- Pattern matching for sub-circuit identification
- CCG cell characterization
- Mixed level static timing analysis
- Critical path analysis by TR level or CCG level
- Spice netlist generation with annotated parasitic
- 3rd party circuit simulator interface
- Graphic visualization of analysis result
- Fast interface with mixed signal waveform viewer
- Interactive cross-probing with 3rd party tools
Benefits
- Efficient critical path tracing
- Automatic critical path extraction
- Fast critical path analysis
- Unified environment for STA and dynamic simulation