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HIDE

A Hurwitz Interconnect Delay Evaluation Package

Chung-Kuan Cheng, Xiao-Dong Yang, Zhanhai Qin

Introduction
Download HIDE and Documents
Installation

I. Introduction

The purpose of HIDE is to evaluate delays of an RLC interconnect tree very accurately and scale the original tree structure down to a set of equivalent, connected, and realizable p models.

The program features:

Delay evaluation with user-defined threshold;
Rise time evaluation with user-defined starting and end thresholds;
Waveform evaluation for user-defined test node(s);
Equivalent load generation for gate delay evaluation;
Hspice-formatted netlist generation for delay result verification;
Moment generation for each node.

II. Download HIDE and Documents

Deluxe Package (including source code, examples, user's and programmer's manuals)
User's Manual(ps, pdf) and Programmer's Manual(ps, pdf)

III. Installation

1. Retrieve the deluxe package via the link above, then type

        'gzip -d HIDE.tar.gz'
        'tar xvf HIDE.tar'

    to build the following directory structure:

        HIDE/README this file
        HIDE/inc/ directory for Head file
        HIDE/src/ directory for C source code of HIDE routine
        HIDE/doc/ User's manual and Programmer's manual
        HIDE/bin/ directory for exectuable file
        HIDE/template directory for a template of input command file
        HIDE/OutputData directory for storing all the output data
        HIDE/HSPICE directory for storing generated Hspice netlist
        HIDE/example directory with a simple test case as example

2. Compile the source files by typing

        'cd src'
        'make '

     In HIDE/bin, we get a executable file: HIDE

3. In .cshrc file, pls set a path to access HIDE

4. Go to 'template' subdirectory to modify the input command file feasible to your applications
     ( please refer the manual in HIDE/doc/HIDE_User_Manual.pdf on how to set the options )

5. Run the program by typing

         'HIDE YourInputCommandFile'