1. Michael Mirmak Intel Corp. May 21, 2007
ICM IIRD9 Example: Shorting of Nodes and Ports for Efficient Representation of Power Rails
Michael Mirmak
Intel Corp.
May 21, 2007

2. Full Case S P A R M (14 ports) SIDE A SIDE B 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 5 6 3 3 78 4 4 9 10 5 5 11 12 6 6 13 14 7 7
ICM Model Nodemap
Outer box is at circuit simulator level
Port references to “0” omitted for clarity

3. Shorting at Nodes (Pathological)
SIDE A
SIDE B 1 2 1 1 S P A R M
Vcc_in 3 4
Vcc_out 2 2 5 6 3 3
Signal_out
Signal_in 7 8 4 4 5 9 10 5
Vss_in
Vss_out 11 12 6 6 13 14 7 7
ICM Model Nodemap
Outer box is at circuit simulator level
Port references to “0” omitted for clarity

4. Shorting at Nodes and Ports
SIDE A
SIDE B 1 1 S P A R M
(6 ports)
Vcc_in 1 2
Vcc_out 2 2 3 3
Signal_in
Signal_out 3 4 4 4 5 5
Vss_in 5 6
Vss_out 6 6 7 7
ICM Model Nodemap
Outer box is at circuit simulator level
Port references to “0” omitted for clarity