Patent ID: 8065646

Claim:
A method comprising: performing at a computer a static timing analysis of an integrated circuit device design, the device design including an instance of a component included at a cell library, the cell library including a lookup table determined prior to performing the static timing analysis and providing timing characteristics of an input of the component; determining at the computer a first setup time of a signal at the input of the instance based on the static timing analysis, the first setup time relative to an arrival time at the instance of a related signal; receiving, from the cell library, a first hold time requirement corresponding to the input, the first hold time requirement determined based on the first setup time using the lookup table, the lookup table providing a relationship between each setup time of a set of setup times and a corresponding one of a set of hold time requirements, each set corresponding to the input; and determining at the computer whether the first hold time requirement is satisfied based on delay information provided by the static timing analysis.