The intended use or purpose of the product or structure, ergonomics and human factors, materials, and manufacturing methods, as well…
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VLSI Physical Design Flow is the process of converting synthesized netlist, design curtailment, and standard library to a layout as…
Skew refers to the difference in arrival times of signals at different points in a circuit. It is the delay…
Resetting digital circuits, such as flip-flops, registers, and other sequential logic components can be done in two different ways: synchronously…
A glitch that takes the victim’s net voltage above its steady high value. Such a glitch is called an overshoot…
A fundamental component of a digital circuit, a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) delay cell is used to add a delay to…
For a number of reasons, digital circuits consume less power than analog circuits. Digital signals are switched when they are…
The threshold voltage, also known as the “threshold” or “Vth”, is a critical parameter in the operation of a metal-oxide-semiconductor…
Dielectric erosion and Cu dishing after Cu CMP Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is a powerful fabrication technique that uses chemical oxidation…
IC Packaging types – An Advanced PCB Design The term “IC packaging” describes the substance that holds a semiconductor device.…