基于Encounter的低功耗时钟树综合研究

以基于Cadence CCOPT引擎设计时钟树为例,介绍了以降低时钟树功耗为主要目的,使用门控技术,以及选择合适缓冲器、反相器构建时钟树的方法。通过完成物理设计动态仿真和功耗分析的数据表明,在保证时序收敛的前提下,使用门控技术和选用不同缓冲器、反向器对整个时钟树的功耗及性能影响进行分析。实验结构表明,对使用门控技术芯片的功耗在不同的操作条件下,整个时钟树上的功耗节省约50%;适合使用缓冲器和方向器构建时钟树。同时,在使用达到相同驱动的能力缓冲器和反相器情况下,使用缓冲器的时钟树较使用反相器的时钟树节省30%。

A Comprehensive Study of the Encounter-based Low-power Clock Tree

The clock tree based on Cadence CCOPT engine is designed to reduce the power consumption of the clock tree by the use of gating techniques and the choice a suitable buffer or inverter.The physical design and simulation of dynamic power analysis data indicate that the power consumption of the clock tree to save about 50% under different operating conditions with guarantee of convergence;both buffers and inverters are suitable for the construction of the clock tree,but buffers save 30% the power consumption compared with inverters.