John K. Ousterhout

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-83-119

1983

Crystal is a timing analyzer for nMOS circuits designed in the Mead-Conway style. Based on the circuit extracted from a mask set, Crystal determines the length of each clock phase and pinpoints the longest paths. The analysis is independent of specific data values and uses critical path techniques along with a simple RC model of delays. Several additional techniques are used to improve the speed and accuracy of the program, including separate up/down timing, static level assignment, flow control for pass transistors, and precharging.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Ousterhout:CSD-83-119,
    Author= {Ousterhout, John K.},
    Title= {Crystal: A Timing Analyzer for nMOS VLSI Circuits},
    Year= {1983},
    Month= {Jan},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1983/5571.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-83-119},
    Abstract= {Crystal is a timing analyzer for nMOS circuits designed in the Mead-Conway style. Based on the circuit extracted from a mask set, Crystal determines the length of each clock phase and pinpoints the longest paths. The analysis is independent of specific data values and uses critical path techniques along with a simple RC model of delays. Several additional techniques are used to improve the speed and accuracy of the program, including separate up/down timing, static level assignment, flow control for pass transistors, and precharging.},
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Report
%A Ousterhout, John K. 
%T Crystal: A Timing Analyzer for nMOS VLSI Circuits
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 1983
%@ UCB/CSD-83-119
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1983/5571.html
%F Ousterhout:CSD-83-119