Mentor Graphics Calibre PERC Programmable Electrical Rule Checker Improves Fujitsu Chip Reliability
25 1월 2011 - 11:00PM
Marketwired
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that
Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited is now using the Calibre® PERC
product for electrical rules checks that improve the correctness
and reliability of its IC designs before committing to
manufacturing. The product, which automates electrical checks based
on user-defined rules, is designed to address customers' need to
improve reliability by identifying areas of vulnerability to
catastrophic electrical failures in ICs during factory test,
transport, and field operation. Among the specific checks being
performed at Fujitsu Semiconductor are electrostatic discharge
(ESD) protection circuit checking, cross-domain and
multi-cross-domain protection checking, level shifter checking, and
optimal ESD I/O placement checking.
According to Masaru Ito, Director of System LSI Technology &
Product Department, Technology Development Division, IP &
Technology Development and Manufacturing Unit at Fujitsu
Semiconductor Limited, "In the past we have used a combination of
visual layout inspection and custom scripts to find issues
associated with circuitry to protect against ESD events and to
support multiple voltage domains. Of course, this was very time
consuming and not very reliable. We found the combination of
features in Calibre PERC combined with its extensive
programmability allowed us to define and perform all the checks we
need to make, and it gives us the flexibility we need to adapt to
future requirements. Initially, we are using Calibre PERC for a
part of our design technology, and in the future we will expand
usage to all IC development in order to improve overall product
reliability and verification efficiency."
"Calibre PERC gives IC designers a new tool to address
reliability challenges by assessing critical circuits both
geometrically and electrically, while greatly reducing the manual
time and effort required for verification," said Joseph Sawicki,
Vice President and General Manager of Mentor's Design-to-Silicon
division. "Its programmability also gives PERC a unique ability to
adapt to multi-voltage, mixed-signal environments and continue to
grow with customer needs."
About Calibre PERC The Calibre PERC
product addresses a range of electrical rule checking (ERC)
applications with extensive programmability and the unique ability
to perform verification based on combined information from the
netlist and the layout topology. This enables complex checks such
as identifying the omission of required ESD protection on a
schematic or netlist. It can also be used to look for errant signal
paths and other soft connection errors such as well connection
errors, floating devices, nets, or pins, incorrect voltage supply
connections, excessive series pass gates, problem level shifter
designs, antenna checks, floating wells, minimum "hot" NWELL width,
and many others.
About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics
Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware
and software design solutions, providing products, consulting
services and award-winning support for the world's most successful
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of
about $850 million. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W.
Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics and Calibre are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.)
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For more information, please contact: Gene Forte Mentor Graphics
503.685.1193 gene_forte@mentor.com Sonia Harrison Mentor Graphics
503.685.1165 sonia_harrison@mentor.com
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