IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
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State-Dependence of On-Chip Power Distribution Network Capacitance
Koh YAMANAGAShiho HAGIWARARyo TAKAHASHIKazuya MASUTakashi SATO
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2014 Volume E97.C Issue 1 Pages 77-84

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In this paper, the measurement of capacitance variation, of an on-chip power distribution network (PDN) due to the change of internal states of a CMOS logic circuit, is studied. A state-dependent PDN-capacitance model that explains measurement results will be also proposed. The model is composed of capacitance elements related to MOS transistors, signal and power supply wires, and substrate. Reflecting the changes of electrode potentials, the capacitance elements become state-dependent. The capacitive elements are then all connected in parallel between power supply and ground to form the proposed model. By using the proposed model, state-dependence of PDN-capacitances for different logic circuits are studied in detail. The change of PDN-capacitance exceeds 12% of its total capacitance in some cases, which corresponds to 6% shift of anti-resonance frequency. Consideration of the state-dependence is important for modeling the PDN-capacitance.
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