METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND EFFICIENTLY ELIMINATING TIMING PROBLEMS INDUCED BY CROSS-COUPLING BETWEEN SIGNALS

This invention illustrates a method is provided for analyzing cross-coupling between an attacker signal line, upon which an attacker signal resides, and a victim signal line, upon which a victim signal resides. The method in this invention comprises the acts of selecting the victim signal, selecting the attacker signal, performing timing filtering upon a number of signal lines in order to identify a set of potential attacker signals, performing logic filtering upon a number of signal lines to identify a second set of potential attacker signals, and reducing the effects of the cross-coupling between the attacker signal line and the victim signal line.