The document discusses the Redhawk-cpa chip-package co-analysis platform, which improves the accuracy of package models for integrated circuit (IC) analysis. It emphasizes the need for precise package modeling to analyze voltage drops and power integrity in advanced semiconductor designs with increasing chip functionality. The platform features high bump resolution, automatic import into Redhawk, and support for various analysis types, enabling efficient IC-package co-simulation.

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RedHawk™-CPA
Chip-Package Co-analysis
Design Automation Conference 2014

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Design Trends and Challenges
The Move to FinFET Nodes:
• Lower operating voltage
• Tighter operating margins
Increased Chip Functionality:
• Increasing number of voltage domains
• Power density variations
• Increasing operating modes
Supply vs FOM Delay
Source: ARM FinFET Study 2013
Demand Current
Supply Current
High power
Low power
ITRS Trends, 2012
Operating voltage
Threshold voltage

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Need for Accurate Package Models
Package Model for Noise Analysis:
• Model inductive components
• Model di/dt events accurately
• Model high and low frequency effects
Rpkg
Cpkg
Lpkg
Package
V(t)
Cdie
Die
Rdie
+
-
Supply
i(t,V)
Green = Current from battery w/o pkg
Red = Current from battery w/ pkg

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Package Modeling Importance
Full CPS Analysis
Transient Analysis
Without Package With Package
32nm CMOS Design
• Analysis with and without package shown
• Package has significant impact on chip voltage

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RedHawk-CPA
Chip-Package Co-Analysis Platform
• Accurate per-bump package model for IC analysis
• Tight integration with RedHawk platform
• Enables package voltage drop analysis
Package modeling for
on-die analysis

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RedHawk-CPA Overview
• Package Model Generation Customized for RedHawk
– High bump resolution
– Model power/ground supplies independently
– Fast and accurate
– Automatic hook-up and import into RedHawk
– Direct import of package layout
• IC-Package Co-Analysis
– Support for IR, DvD and power-up analysis in RedHawk
– DC-IR Static analysis of package
– AC-hotspot analysis of package

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RedHawk-CPA
Accuracy
• Extraction engine uses 3D full-wave technology
• Optimized for IC-Package co-simulation
• Per-bump resolution
• Correlated with reference electromagnetic solvers
Proprietary meshing technology Correlation with 3D solvers

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Physical vs S-Parameter Models
Die Analysis Package SI/PI Analysis
RedHawk-CPA (RLCK Model)
• Thousands of bumps can be modeled
• Separate power and ground networks
• Accurate for PDN frequency components
• Physical model
S-Parameter (3D-FW Model)
• Limited to tens of ports
• Folded ground/power networks
• Appropriate for signal integrity analysis
• Behavioral model

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Power and Ground Noise Modeling
DvD Analysis Requirements
– Power and ground networks to be analyzed
– Ground bounce through package impacts
ground bounce on die
– Net based and instance based drops
VDD Drop VSS Drop
Board Package Chip
planes
capacitors
other components
CPA Model RedHawk
Power and Ground Model Requirement

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RedHawk-CPA Analysis Flow: Model Import
RedHawk
3D FEM PKG
Pkg Database Extraction
IC Database Chip Package
Co-simulation
IR, DvD, Power-up
Package Bumps
RedHawk PLOC
Die-Package Hook Up using GUI:
– Automatic connection using PLOC
– PKG-DIE transformations done
– One click die hook up

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RedHawk-CPA Performance
Setup Runtime #Terminals
6 layer package / 3 domains 10min (~15GB) 600
18 layer package / 6 domains 15hrs:20min (~100GB) ~3000
Enabling Technologies
– Multi-core solver
– Adaptive meshing

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Package-Aware
IR/DvD
Chip-Aware Package
AC/DC Hotspot
RedHawk-CPA Analysis Flow: Co-simulation
Package/Die Co-visualization RedHawk Explorer Results
RedHawk
3D FEM PKG
Pkg Database Extraction
IC Database Chip Package
Co-simulation
Package Robustness
Metrics

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Package Robustness Metrics
Impedance Analysis
– Per bump impedance
– Impedance vs frequency analysis
Bump/Pin RL
– Highlight bumps with relatively large
resistance or inductance
– Overlay results with package layout to find
routing weak points

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Chip-Aware Package DC and AC Hotspot
AC-Hotspot
– AC voltage/current as function of frequency
– Automatic or user driven frequency points
– EMI near/far field views
DC-Hotspot
– IR drop across package planes
– View voltage, currents
– View individual layers including bumps/balls

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Case Study: Per-Bump Accuracy
RedHawk-CPA highlighted weakly connected bumps !!
Bump Voltage from RedHawk DvD Analysis
Per-bump Model
19.2mV
Lumped
13.8mV (Uniform)
Veff No PKG
Veff Lumped PKG
Veff Distributed PKG
Instance Voltage Distribution
Instance voltage distribution shows larger variations
using the distributed per-bump model
Per-bump CPA model shows voltage
variations on bumps

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Case Study: RedHawk-CPA
– Not all cores were able to meet specified speed
– Silicon measurement showed voltage gradient
across cores to be the cause
– Simulations with RedHawk-CPA high resolution
package model correlated with measurement
• 61mV simulated vs. 50mV measured voltage
difference (core3 – core1)
Source: Mahesh Sharma et al., “Unified method for package-induced power
supply droop”. Design Automation Conference 2013, Designer Track
Core
1
Core
0
Core
3
Core
2
Cores 0/1 faster
than cores 2/3
RedHawk-CPA Results
Silicon Measurements

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Summary
Independent Power/Ground
Analysis with Package
Package Pin
Inductance/R Maps
HTML Report of Analysis
RedHawk-CPA
IC Database Pkg Database
Enabling IC/Package Co-analysis Using RedHawk-CPA
3D FEM Package
Extraction
IR, DvD, Power-up
Accurate Voltage Gradient
Across Bumps
IC-Package
Co-Analysis
Streamlined
Package/Die Setup