Patent ID: 11972185
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for estimating aging of an integrated circuit (IC), the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium which stores instructions executable by the at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the computer-readable non-transitory storage medium and, when executing the instructions, to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a first process design kit (PDK) comprising a plurality of first device models corresponding to a plurality of devices provided by a process of fabricating the IC;
performing a first circuit simulation based on a netlist and the first PDK to obtain values of aging parameters of device instances included in the netlist defining the IC; and
performing a second circuit simulation based on the values of the aging parameter and the netlist to obtain aging data of the IC, and

wherein each of the plurality of first device models comprises at least one measurement command to be executed in the first circuit simulation to calculate an aging parameter of the IC.