Arvind Raghunathan and Clark D. Thompson

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-85-243

, 1985

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1985/CSD-85-243.pdf

A single value for delay, based upon the delay of Elmore, is derived for two types of RC tree networks. In one type of network, there is no driving source: this undriven situation causes static charge sharing among nodes. An expression for delay is obtained by straightforward analysis of this network. <p> In our second case, an RC tree which is driven by at least one source has leaky capacitors. We show how to calculate delays for such trees by a linear time algorithm. <p> Simple MOS circuits undergoing charge sharing and with leakage paths to ground are analyzed using the methods presented in this paper. The results are compared with those of SPICE.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Raghunathan:CSD-85-243,
    Author= {Raghunathan, Arvind and Thompson, Clark D.},
    Title= {Signal Delay in RC Trees with Charge Sharing or Leakage},
    Year= {1985},
    Month= {Jun},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1985/5511.html},
    Number= {UCB/CSD-85-243},
    Abstract= {A single value for delay, based upon the delay of Elmore, is derived for two types of RC tree networks. In one type of network, there is no driving source: this undriven situation causes static charge sharing among nodes. An expression for delay is obtained by straightforward analysis of this network.  <p>  In our second case, an RC tree which is driven by at least one source has leaky capacitors. We show how to calculate delays for such trees by a linear time algorithm.  <p>  Simple MOS circuits undergoing charge sharing and with leakage paths to ground are analyzed using the methods presented in this paper. The results are compared with those of SPICE.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%A Thompson, Clark D. 
%T Signal Delay in RC Trees with Charge Sharing or Leakage
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 1985
%@ UCB/CSD-85-243
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1985/5511.html
%F Raghunathan:CSD-85-243