An RTL-to-grid design flow for power grid verification based on a statistical estimation engine

Abstract

The most important reliability problem of modern power distribution networks is the voltage drop or IR-drop problem. In this paper we present a design flow based on industrial tools for power grid verification, where the grid is modeled as a linear resistive network and the necessary maximum current estimates are statistically obtained by recent advances in the field of extreme value theory. Experimental results include the verification of power grid for a choice of different real designs. © 2006 IEEE.