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Calibre xACT 3D

3D Field Solver for Parasitic Extraction

Circuit Verification
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Benefits
•t Highest Extraction Accuracy—
Integrated capacitance field
solver delivers reference-level
accuracy with deterministic
results. Calibre xACT 3D extracts complex context-sensitive
device and interconnect parasitic
effects needed to accurately
predict circuit behavior.
•t Reliable Results—Calibre
xACT 3D accurately handles
close spacings, rotations, and
symmetry without accuracy
penalty or uncertainty typical of
statistical field solvers, which is
crucial for sensitive designs.

Calibre xACT 3D provides a complete parasitic extraction solution with deterministic field
solver accuracy, process variation modeling, electrically aware reduction, and industrystandard netlist formats, all within the design environment.

Calibre xACT 3D—The Next Generation
Fast Field Solver Parasitic Extraction Solution
Process technology innovation is the key to success in the competitive IC design
market. Cutting-edge development enables advances such as smaller geometries,
increased metal stacks, new device types, and chip stacking. This new technology
allows breakthroughs in IC design, but poses challenges at each stage in the design process. Success depends to a large part on a parasitic extraction tool that can
model the new complex process effects with the highest accuracy. This solution
needs to fit into existing design flows to speed up design cycle time and needs to
be scalable for a wide range of design applications.
Calibre® xACT 3D features a field-solver modeling engine built on advanced
computational electromagnetic methods to accurately calculate device and interconnect parasitics. In contrast to other field solvers that use statistical methods,
the Calibre xACT 3D engine employs deterministic techniques that produce reliable results for total and coupling capacitances while providing fast and scalable
performance.

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•t Fast Performance—Proprietary
BEM/FEM-based field-solver
technology delivers accurate
results sooner. Multi-threaded
and distributed processing ensures virtually unlimited design
scope with fast, scalable performance comparable to rule-based
extraction.
•t Easy-to-Use—Like all Calibre
products, Calibre xACT 3D
uses standard SVRF rule files
and produces standard parasitic
netlist formats. The graphical
user interface for design environments speeds setup and debugging cycles.
•t Zero-Risk Investment andt
Superior Quality—Calibre
xACT 3D is integrated with
Calibre nmLVS and the Calibre
Physical Verification Platform to
provide trusted device recognition, connectivity extraction, and
ease-of-use in existing customer
sign-off flows.

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