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Power Difference between Analog Simulation and RTL complier estimation

GreenGraphene
Hallo,

I am creating a standard cell library. I did analog simulation for cell design and estimated power values for the cells , lets say, NOT, NOR and NAND and I have their power values for static, dynamic, etc.

Now based on that I created library file, and used that in RTL omplier for single cell designs and when i estimate the power it goes up to several orders and I am clueless of why this is so. Any suggestions or ideas ??

The operating conditions are verified for the same such as Freq, VDD, Load Cap., etc.

Ex: for a 10nW in Virtuoso (Analog) estiamtion the equivalent estimation comes upto 80-90 nW in RTL power estimation.
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  •  RTL compiler has a default value for input switching activitiy (i.e how fast inputs change)

     Directly from the rc-lp manual:

    If you want a fast power analysis you can choose to apply the default switching activities.
    The tool default signal probability is 0.5, the tool default toggle rate is 0.02, and the default
    toggle rate unit is per nanosecond.

     

    If you simulate your cell using constants as an input, or a very low switching rate, you might get a huge difference. So, either change the input switching activity to what you have set in virtuoso, or do the oposite, and let us know

     

    Fotis

     

    edit: made response easier to read/understand

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  •  RTL compiler has a default value for input switching activitiy (i.e how fast inputs change)

     Directly from the rc-lp manual:

    If you want a fast power analysis you can choose to apply the default switching activities.
    The tool default signal probability is 0.5, the tool default toggle rate is 0.02, and the default
    toggle rate unit is per nanosecond.

     

    If you simulate your cell using constants as an input, or a very low switching rate, you might get a huge difference. So, either change the input switching activity to what you have set in virtuoso, or do the oposite, and let us know

     

    Fotis

     

    edit: made response easier to read/understand

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