Generative Model Based Standard Cell Timing Library Characterization

Accurate cell timing characterization is essential, on which static timing analysis relies to verify timing performance and ensure design robustness across various PVT conditions (corners). The corner explosion in modern design amplifies the efficiency and scalability challenge for accurate characte...

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Published in:2025 62nd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors: Wu, Hao-Yu, Chang, Hsin-Tzu, Ding, Shiuan-Yun, Jiang, Iris Hui-Ru, Tsao, Benson, Wu, Vinson, Shih, Wei-Kai
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 22.06.2025
Subjects:
Accuracy
Computational modeling
Corner Explosion
Corner Selection
Explosions
Feature extraction
Generative adversarial networks
Generative Model
Generators
Libraries
Library Characterization
Machine Learning
Scalability
Timing
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Summary:Accurate cell timing characterization is essential, on which static timing analysis relies to verify timing performance and ensure design robustness across various PVT conditions (corners). The corner explosion in modern design amplifies the efficiency and scalability challenge for accurate characterization. However, the conventional characterization approach of SPICE simulation alone becomes prohibitively expensive due to the increasing computational complexity and the amount of characterized data. In this paper, we view the characterization problem from a generative modeling perspective to tackle the efficiency and scalability challenge. With a hybrid of generative adversarial network (GAN) and autoencoder, our generative model learns and generalizes among various timing arcs and corners. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework achieves high accuracy and extensibility while reducing the runtime significantly.
DOI:10.1109/DAC63849.2025.11133303