Patent ID: 8108163
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for analyzing power supply noise of an electronic circuit board, the apparatus comprising: a section that calculates a reflected voltage of power supply noise at a semiconductor device mounted on the electronic circuit board, based on an impedance characteristic between a power supply and ground of the semiconductor device; a section that analyzes the power supply noise of the electronic circuit board, based on the reflected voltage of power supply noise at the semiconductor device; a section that refers to design information of the semiconductor device mounted on the electronic circuit board, the design information of the semiconductor device being stored in a recording medium; a section that derives an input impedance between the power supply and ground of the semiconductor device, based on number of internal gates of the semiconductor device, output impedance, impedance characteristic between power supply and ground of each of a semiconductor device terminal, a package, and a chip terminal part, and impedance characteristic of wiring in a chip; a section that extracts power supply and ground information and electronic component information inclusive of at least a capacitor and the semiconductor device connected to the power supply and ground from design information of the electronic circuit board, wherein the information of each electronic component is associated with a corresponding impedance characteristic of the electronic component; a section that creates an analytical model of power supply noise by connecting a model of the associated impedance characteristic of each extracted electronic component to a mounting position on a board model of the electronic circuit board; a section that calculates propagation of power supply noise flowing from the semiconductor device to the electronic circuit board in the analytical model of power supply noise; and a section that analyzes behavior of propagation of power supply noise in the electronic circuit board, based on power supply noise of the semiconductor device mounted on the electronic circuit board.