Patent ID: 8832634

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a first apparent resistance measure for an integrated circuit based on a first voltage drop and a first current that are measured using test equipment; determining a second apparent resistance measure for the integrated circuit based on a second voltage drop and a second current that are obtained using static analysis of a corresponding integrated circuit design; and characterizing the integrated circuit based on a comparison of the first and second apparent resistance measures; wherein determining a second apparent resistance measure comprises: determining the second voltage drop using the static analysis; determining a static power for the integrated circuit design using the static analysis; computing the second current as a function of the static power and a supply voltage; computing the second apparent resistance measure as a function of the second voltage drop and the second current; and wherein determining the first apparent resistance measure, determining the second apparent resistance measure and characterizing the integrated circuit are performed at least in part by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.