CUSTOM CIRCUIT POWER ANALYSIS

摘要

A method for simulating a power consumption associated with a circuit. The method includes: obtaining a netlist describing the circuit and an input stimulus for the netlist; partitioning the netlist into multiple circuit blocks; obtaining multiple circuit logic models (CLMs) implemented in a hardware description language (HDL) for the multiple circuit blocks; generating a logic netlist from the multiple CLMs; calculating, using a logic simulator inputting the logic netlist and the input stimulus, a power vector for a CLM corresponding to a first circuit block; calculating, using a circuit simulator and the power vector, a first power consumption value for the first circuit block; and calculating the power consumption associated with the circuit based on the first power consumption value.

主权项

1. A method for simulating a power consumption associated with a circuit, comprising:
obtaining a netlist describing the circuit and an input stimulus for the netlist; partitioning the netlist into a plurality of circuit blocks; obtaining a plurality of circuit logic models (CLMs) implemented in a hardware description language (HDL) for the plurality of circuit blocks; generating a logic netlist from the plurality of CLMs implemented in the HDL; calculating, using a logic simulator inputting the logic netlist and the input stimulus, a power vector for a CLM corresponding to a first circuit block; calculating, using a circuit simulator and the power vector, a first power consumption value for the first circuit block; and calculating the power consumption associated with the circuit based on the first power consumption value.