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Synopsys,Inc.700EastMiddlefieldRoadMountainView,CA94043USAVersion3.203/07/081CCSTimingLibraryCharacterizationGuidelinesVersion3.2AbstractThisdocumentdescribesCCSTiminglibraryrequirementsandkeyitemstoconsiderduringlibrarycharacterization.Theintendedaudienceofthisapplicationnoteislibrarydeveloperswhocharacterizelibrariesthatwillbeusedwithpost-layoutRCdelaycalculationintheSynopsysGalaxySign-OffPlatform.TheinformationdescribedinthisdocumentisvalidforLibraryCompilerversionX-2005.09-SP3andafter.Synopsys,Inc.700EastMiddlefieldRoadMountainView,CA94043USAVersion3.203/07/082CopyrightNoticeandProprietaryInformationCopyright©2006Synopsys,Inc.Allrightsreserved.ThissoftwareanddocumentationcontainconfidentialandproprietaryinformationthatisthepropertyofSynopsys,Inc.Thesoftwareanddocumentationarefurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeusedorcopiedonlyinaccordancewiththetermsofthelicenseagreement.Nopartofthesoftwareanddocumentationmaybereproduced,transmitted,ortranslated,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,manual,optical,orotherwise,withoutpriorwrittenpermissionofSynopsys,Inc.,orasexpresslyprovidedbythelicenseagreement.RighttoCopyDocumentationThelicenseagreementwithSynopsyspermitslicenseetomakecopiesofthedocumentationforitsinternaluseonly.Eachcopyshallincludeallcopyrights,trademarks,servicemarks,andproprietaryrightsnotices,ifany.Licenseemustassignsequentialnumberstoallcopies.Thesecopiesshallcontainthefollowinglegendonthecoverpage:“ThisdocumentisduplicatedwiththepermissionofSynopsys,Inc.,fortheexclusiveuseof__________________________________________anditsemployees.Thisiscopynumber__________.”DestinationControlStatementAlltechnicaldatacontainedinthispublicationissubjecttotheexportcontrollawsoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.DisclosuretonationalsofothercountriescontrarytoUnitedStateslawisprohibited.Itisthereader’sresponsibilitytodeterminetheapplicableregulationsandtocomplywiththem.DisclaimerSYNOPSYS,INC.,ANDITSLICENSORSMAKENOWARRANTYOFANYKIND,EXPRESSORIMPLIED,WITHREGARDTOTHISMATERIAL,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.RegisteredTrademarks(®)Synopsys,AMPS,Arcadia,CLevelDesign,C2HDL,C2V,C2VHDL,Cadabra,CalaverasAlgorithm,CATS,CSim,DesignCompiler,DesignPower,DesignWare,EPIC,Formality,HSPICE,Hypermodel,I,iN-Phase,in-Sync,Leda,MAST,Meta,Meta-Software,ModelAccess,ModelTools,NanoSim,OpenVera,PathMill,Photolynx,PhysicalCompiler,PowerMill,PrimeTime,RailMill,Raphael,RapidScript,Saber,SiVL,SNUG,SolvNet,StreamDrivenSimulator,Superlog,SystemCompiler,Testify,TetraMAX,TimeMill,TMA,VCS,Vera,andVirtualStepperareregisteredtrademarksofSynopsys,Inc.Trademarks(™)abraCAD,abraMAP,ActiveParasitics,AFGen,Apollo,ApolloII,Apollo-DPII,Apollo-GA,ApolloGAII,Astro,Astro-Rail,Astro-Xtalk,Aurora,AvanTestchip,AvanWaves,BCView,BehavioralCompiler,BOA,BRT,Cedar,ChipPlanner,CircuitAnalysis,Columbia,Columbia-CE,Comet3D,Cosmos,CosmosEnterprise,CosmosLE,CosmosScope,CosmosSE,Cyclelink,Davinci,DCExpert,DCExpertPlus,DCProfessional,DCUltra,DCUltraPlus,DesignAdvisor,DesignAnalyzer,DesignVision,DesignerHDL,DesignTime,DFM-Workbench,DFTCompiler,DirectRTL,DirectSiliconAccess,Discovery,DW8051,DWPCI,Dynamic-Macromodeling,DynamicModelSwitcher,ECLCompiler,ECOCompiler,EDAnavigator,Encore,EncorePQ,Evaccess,ExpressModel,FloorplanManager,FormalModelChecker,FoundryModel,FPGACompilerII,FPGAExpress,FrameCompiler,Galaxy,Gatran,HDLAdvisor,HDLCompiler,Hercules,Hercules-Explorer,Hercules-II,HierarchicalOptimizationTechnology,HighPerformanceOption,HotPlace,HSPICE-Link,iN-Tandem,Integrator,InteractiveWaveformViewer,i-VirtualStepper,Jupiter,Jupiter-DP,JupiterXT,JupiterXT-ASIC,JVXtreme,Liberty,Libra-Passport,LibraryCompiler,Libra-Visa,Magellan,Mars,Mars-Rail,Mars-Xtalk,Medici,Metacapture,Metacircuit,Metamanager,Metamixsim,Milkyway,ModelSource,ModuleCompiler,MS-3200,MS-3400,NovaProductFamily,Nova-ExploreRTL,Nova-Trans,Nova-VeriLint,Nova-VHDLlint,OptimumSilicon,Orion_ec,ParasiticView,Passport,Planet,Planet-PL,Planet-RTL,Polaris,Polaris-CBS,Polaris-MT,PowerCompiler,PowerCODE,PowerGate,ProFPGA,ProGen,Prospector,ProtocolCompiler,PSMGen,Raphael-NES,RoadRunner,RTLAnalyzer,Saturn,ScanBand,SchematicCompiler,Scirocco,Scirocco-i,ShadowDebugger,SiliconBlueprint,SiliconEarlyAccess,SinglePass-SoC,SmartExtraction,SmartLicense,SmartModelLibrary,Softwire,Source-LevelDesign,Star,Star-DC,Star-MS,Star-MTB,Star-Power,Star-Rail,Star-RC,Star-RCXT,Star-Sim,Star-SimXT,Star-Time,Star-XP,SWIFT,Taurus,Taurus-Device,Taurus-Layout,Taurus-Lithography,Taurus-Process,Taurus-Topography,Taurus-Visual,Taurus-Workbench,TimeSlice,TimeTracker,TimingAnnotator,TopoPlace,TopoRoute,Trace-On-Demand,True-Hspice,TSUPREM-4,TymeWare,VCSExpress,VCSi,Venus,VerificationPortal,VFormal,VHDLCompiler,VHDLSystemSimulator,VirSim,andVMCaretrademarksofSynopsys,Inc.ServiceMarks(SM)MAP-in,SVPCafé,andTAP-inareservicemarksofSynopsys,Inc.SystemCisatrademarkoftheOpenSystemCInitiativeandisusedunderlicense.ARMandAMBAareregisteredtrademarksofARMLimited.Allotherproductorcompanynamesmaybetrademarksoftheirr