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FO4 delay and energy scaling
FO4 Timing

Replay VDD and temperature to connect standard-cell delay, switching energy, leakage, and an EDP-style index.

sectionExploresectionRun CardsectionExportsectionMethodssectionLimitssectionEvidence

EXPLORE

Start with the observable.

Use this page when the simulation is the primary artifact. The linked lesson explains the concept; the linked lab keeps the visual replay surface available.

guided exploration
  • Use FO4 as a bridge from inverter intuition to standard-cell timing.
  • Read delay, energy, and leakage together before optimizing only VDD.
  • Treat this as a timing vocabulary card before Liberty, STA, and OpenROAD artifacts.

RUN CARD

Conditions before conclusions.

This page replays saved FO4 data and does not run SPICE, Liberty characterization, synthesis, or STA.

precomputed standard-cell timing sweep

Primary knobs

  • Supply voltage
  • Temperature
  • Threshold proxy
outputs

Saved outputs

  • FO4 delay
  • Switching energy
  • Leakage index
  • EDP index

EXPORT

Download the public artifacts.

These exports are the supported public files for review. PDK files and restricted third-party material are not redistributed.

download

Dataset JSON

/data/fo4-delay-energy-scaling-web-v1.json

Open file ->
download

Dataset CSV

/data/fo4-delay-energy-scaling-v64.csv

Open file ->
download

v64 deep simulation summary CSV

/data/v64-deep-simulations-summary.csv

Open file ->
download

v64 deep model script

/data/v64_deep_semiconductor_sims.mjs

Open file ->
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v64 deep model card

/data/v64-deep-simulations-model-card.md

Open file ->

METHODS

How the number was made.

Methods are written for citation discipline: the extraction rule matters as much as the plotted value.

method

Delay scales with VDD, threshold proxy, and temperature-dependent mobility.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

Switching energy follows a normalized C VDD squared rule.

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method

The EDP index ranks delay-energy tradeoffs while leakage remains visible as a separate output.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

LIMITS

What this page does not claim.

The MVP is useful because the limits are visible. These statements prevent a teaching simulation from being cited as silicon evidence.

non-claim

No PDK, Liberty file, parasitics, clock tree, STA path, or silicon ring-oscillator measurement is included.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

No timing signoff or cell-library recommendation is made.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

Use characterized cells and OpenROAD/STA artifacts before publishable timing claims.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

EVIDENCE

Trace the claim back to artifacts.

The evidence route remains the catalog-level browser; this page is the simulation-level reading card.

evidence note

v64 deep results store every VDD, temperature, delay, energy, leakage, and EDP row.

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evidence note

CSV export preserves the timing sweep.

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evidence note

OpenROAD and Yosys stay source anchors for future artifact-based timing lessons.

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