question on the power network in floorplan

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when draw the power supply network in floorplan,
why should we use the top two metal?
can anyone give the reason.
 

jackson_peng said:
when draw the power supply network in floorplan,
why should we use the top two metal?
can anyone give the reason.
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Less resistance? In cmos process, top metal layers have less sheet resistance. Correct me if I am wrong.
 

there should not be any volage swing for the cells/macros, if so they may go to metastable state or transistion delay problems etc.

so power network should have very less resistance. so we prefer the top 2 metals for power routing.
 

jackson_peng said:
when draw the power supply network in floorplan,
why should we use the top two metal?
can anyone give the reason.
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really??? In our lab the top metal is used to route gobal and critical net and only the second and third level from top is used to power. any comments???
 

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