Process · Physical Design & Signoff
Power planning
Designing the power grid during floorplanning: choosing strap layers, widths, pitches and via structures, and sizing the rings and macro connections so that current density and voltage drop targets are met.
- Also known as
- PG planning, Power mesh planning
- Type
- Process
- Domain
- Physical Design & Signoff, Power integrity
Notes
Done before placement because the grid consumes routing resource that placement and routing must then work around.
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