pdn.config

# PDN physical parameters
  # C4 pad pitch (m)
  -PDN_padpitch  285e-6
  # C4 pad diameter (m)
  -PDN_padD      100e-6
  # C4 pad resistance (Ohm)
  -PDN_padR      10e-3
  # C4 pad current density threshold (A/m^2)
  -PDN_cur_dense 8.5e7

  # How are the pads distributed 
  # 0: load pad location from padloc_file_in;
  # 1: all seats for pads are filled with P/G;
  -PDN_padconfig    1
	# pad location input file
	-padloc_file_in	  example.padloc
  # pad location file format
  # 0: parse as on-chip virtual grid, dump as on-chip virtual grid
  # 1: parse as on-chip virtual grid, dump as pad grid
  # 2: parse as pad grid, dump as on-chip virtual grid
  # 3: parse as pad grid, dump as pad grid
  -padloc_format    0

	# Metal layer specification file
  # If not specified, use default values. For more details,
  # see function populate_defalt_mlayers in PDN_sim.c
	-mlayer_spec_file   (null)

  # On-chip decap
  -PDN_decap_dense    100       # decap density (nF/mm2)
  -PDN_decap_ratio    0.10      # % of chip area dedicated for decap

  # Package RLC values
  -PDN_padL           7.2e-12   # pad L
  -PDN_pkg_sL         3e-12     # serial part of package L
  -PDN_pkg_sR         0.015e-3  # serial part of package R
  -PDN_pkg_C          26.4e-6   # package C
  -PDN_pkg_pR         0.5415e-3 # parallel part of package R
  -PDN_pkg_pL         4.61e-12  # parallel part of package L

  # Supply voltage
  -vdd                   1         # global power supply (V)
  -gnd                   0         # global ground (V)

# 3D PDN
  # 3D layer spec file
	-layer_file_3D       (null)
  # switch for voltage stacking
	-v_stacking          0
  # how are the TSVs distributed 
  # 0: through tsvloc files specified by lcf file
  # 1: all grid nodes are connected to TSVs;
	-TSV_config          1
  # TSV parameters 
	-TSV_R               46.85e-3
	-TSV_L               34.262e-12
  # location file for IVRs (all layer same loc)
  -IVR_loc_file        (null)
  # Parameters for SC converters
  -SC_freq             50e6
  -SC_totcap           8e-9
  -SC_Rontop           1.052
  -SC_Ronbtm           1.17

# PDN simulation parameters
  # modeling granularity, larger numer => finer on-chip grid
  # on-chip grid row/col ~= PDN_grid_intv * pad grid row/col
  -PDN_grid_intv       2

  # switch for steady state PDN simulation 
  # 0 - no steady state; 
  # 1 - run steady state, use ptrace average
  -run_PDN      0

  # Processor clock frequency (Hz)
  -proc_clock_freq       3.7e9
  # Power trace sampling interval (number of clock cycles)
	-ptrace_sampling_intvl 1
  # Transient Time step (per clock cycle)
  -PDN_step_percycle     5 
	# number of power trace lines for warm up, no stats analyse during warm up
	-PDN_ptrace_warmup     0

  # transient package switch, if 0, package only have resistance
  -PDN_pkgLC     1
  # transient onchip L switch, if 0, on-chip gird only have resistance
  -PDN_gridL     1

# PDN stats dump files
	# pad current output file
	-padcur_file	      (null)
	# grid voltage output file
  # Can be used for both steady state drop and transient droop
	-gridvol_file	      (null)
	# grid voltage output file
	-vio_file   	      (null)
	# grid node per cycle violatoin trace file
	-node_viotrace_file    (null)

  # Voltage noise threshold in analysis (%Vdd)
  -PDN_noise_th    5

# Debug/Development parameters
	# sensor location input file, automatically use if specified
	-senloc_file       (null)

  # Create voltage map animation, one frame per intv time steps
  #-animation     0 # 1-2D Voltage plot, 2-3D Voltage plot, 3-Current plot
  #-frame_intv    5
  # Color map range for Voltage graph, ratio of Vdd
  #-legend_lwr    0.05
  #-legend_upr    0.03
  # Color map range for Current graph, in A 
  #-legend_curupr 0.02

  # generate sin wave as power trace internally
  # switch
  #-PDN_sin_pattern   0
  # how many time steps to simulate
  #-PDN_sin_totstep   5000
  # frequency of sin wave
  #-PDN_sin_freq      100e6

  # multi-domain PDN; cores per domain, 0 for uni-domain
  # negative values for special
  #-PDN_multi_dom     0
  # use this parameter scale package parameters
  #-PDN_pkg_scale      1         # Area_chip/Area_domain