Chapter 1

ESD Design Synthesis

1.1 ESD Design Synthesis and Architecture Flow

In the ESD design synthesis process, there is a flow of steps and procedures to construct a semiconductor chip [1–13]. In many cases, the floorplanning process is a function of the type of semiconductor chip. The following design synthesis procedure is an example of an ESD design flow needed for semiconductor chip implementations:

  • I/O, Domains and Core Floorplan: Define floorplan of regions of cores, domains, and peripheral I/O circuitry.
  • I/O Floorplan: Define area and placement for I/O circuitry.
  • ESD Signal Pin Floorplan: Define ESD area and placement.
  • ESD Power Clamp Network Floorplan: Define ESD power clamp area and placement for a given domain.
  • ESD Domain-to-Domain Network Floorplan: Define ESD networks between the different chip domains area and placement for a given domain.
  • ESD Signal Pin Network Definition: Define ESD network for the I/O circuitry.
  • ESD Power Clamp Network Definition: Define ESD power clamp network within a power domain.
  • Power Bus Definition and Placement: Define placement, bus width, and resistance requirements for the power bus.
  • Ground Bus Definition and Placement: Define placement, bus width, and resistance requirements for the ground bus.
  • I/O to ESD Guard Rings: Define guard rings between I/O and ESD networks.
  • I/O Internal Guard Rings: Define guard rings within the I/O circuitry.
  • I/O External Guard Rings: Define guard rings between I/O circuitry and adjacent external circuitry. ...

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