数字IC后端岗 大厂笔试真题（含答案）

• 1) Chip utilization depends on __b_.

a. Only on standard cells

b. Standard cells and macros

c. Only on macros

d. Standard cells macros and IO pads

• 2) In Soft blockages __c__ cells are placed.

a. Only sequential cells

b. No cells

c. Only Buffers and Inverters

d. Any cells

• 3) Why we have to remove scan chains before placement? b

a. Because scan chains are group of flip flop

b. It does not have timing critical path

c. It is series of flip flop connected in FIFO

d. None

• 4) Delay between shortest path and longest path in the clock is called ___c_.

a. Useful skew

b. Local skew

c. Global skew

d. Slack

• 5) Cross talk can be avoided by __b_.

a. Decreasing the spacing between the metal

layers

b. Shielding the nets

c. Using lower metal layers

d. Using long nets

• 6) Prerouting means routing of ____d_.

a. Clock nets

b. Signal nets

c. IO nets

d. PG nets

• 7) Which of the following metal layer has Maximum resistance? a

a. Metal1

b. Metal2

c. Metal3

d. Metal4

• 8) What is the goal of CTS? Physical Design c

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a. Minimum IR Drop

b. Minimum EM

c. Minimum Skew

d. Minimum Slack

• 9) Usually Hold is fixed ___. d

a. Before Placement

b. After Placement

c. Before CTS

d. After CTS

• 10) To achieve better timing _b___ cells are placed in the critical path.

a. HVT

b. LVT

c. RVT

d. SVT

• 11) Leakage power is inversely proportional to ___d.

a. Frequency

b. Load Capacitance

c. Supply voltage

d. Threshold Voltage

• 12) Filler cells are added __d_.

a. Before Placement of std cells

b. After Placement of Std Cells

c. Before Floor planning

d. Before Detail Routing

• 13) Search and Repair is used for _b__.

a. Reducing IR Drop

b. Reducing DRC

c. Reducing EM violations

d. None

• 14) Maximum current density of a metal is available in _c__.

a. .lib

b. .v

c. .tf

d. .sdc

• 15) More IR drop is due to __b_.

a. Increase in metal width

b. Increase in metal length

c. Decrease in metal length

d. Lot of metal layers

• 16) The minimum height and width a cell can occupy in the design is called as _a__.

a. Unit Tile cell

b. Multi heighten cell

c. LVT cell

d. HVT cell

• 17) CRPR stands for _c_.

a. Cell Convergence Pessimism Removal

b. Cell Convergence Preset Removal

c. Clock Convergence Pessimism Removal

d. Clock Convergence Preset Removal

• 18) In OCV timing check, for setup time, __a_.

a. Max delay is used for launch path and Min delay for capture path

b. Min delay is used for launch path and Max delay for capture path

c. Both Max delay is used for launch and Capture path

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• 19) "Total metal area and(or) perimeter of conducting layer / gate to gate area" is

called _d__.

a. Utilization

b. Aspect Ratio

c. OCV

d. Antenna Ratio

• 20) The Solution for Antenna effect is __a_.

a. Diode insertion

b. Shielding

c. Buffer insertion

d. Double spacing

• 21) To avoid cross talk, the shielded net is usually connected to __b_.

a. VDD

b. VSS

c. Both VDD and VSS

d. Clock

• 22) If the data is faster than the clock in Reg to Reg path _b__ violation may come.

a. Setup

b. Hold

c. Both

d. None

• 23) Hold violations are preferred to fix __d_.

a. Before placement

b. After placement

c. Before CTS

d. After CTS

• 24) Which of the following is not present in SDC __d_?

a. Max tran

b. Max cap

c. Max fanout

d. Max current density

• 25) Timing sanity check means (with respect to PD)_c__.

a. Checking timing of routed design with out net delays

b. Checking Timing of placed design with net delays

c. Checking Timing of unplaced design without net delays

d. Checking Timing of routed design with net delays

• 26) Which of the following is having highest priority at final stage (post routed) of

the design __b_?

a. Setup violation

b. Hold violation

c. Skew

d. None

• 27) Which of the following is best suited for CTS? a

a. CLKBUF

b. BUF

c. INV

d. CLKINV

• 28) Max voltage drop will be there at(with out macros) c__. Physical Design

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a. Left and Right sides

b. Bottom and Top sides

c. Middle

d. None

• 29) Which of the following is preferred while placing macros __d_?

a. Macros placed center of the die

b. Macros placed left and right side of die

c. Macros placed bottom and top sides of die

d. Macros placed based on connectivity of

the I/O

• 30) Routing congestion can be avoided by _c__.

a. placing cells closer

b. Placing cells at corners

c. Distributing cells

d. None

• 31) Pitch of the wire is d___.

a. Min width

b. Min spacing

c. Min width - min spacing

d. Min width + min spacing

• 32) In Physical Design following step is not there _c__.

a. Floorplaning

b. Placement

c. Design Synthesis

d. CTS

• 33) In technology file if 7 metals are there then which metals you will use for power? d

a. Metal1 and metal2

b. Metal3 and metal4

c. Metal5 and metal6

d. Metal6 and metal7

• 34) If metal6 and metal7 are used for the power in 7 metal layer process design then

which metals you will use for clock ? c

a. Metal1 and metal2

b. Metal3 and metal4

c. Metal4 and metal5

d. Metal6 and metal7

• 35) In a reg to reg timing path Tclocktoq delay is 0.5ns and TCombo delay is 5ns

and Tsetup is 0.5ns then the clock period should be ___d

.

a. 1ns

b. 3ns

c. 5ns

d. 6ns

• 36) Difference between Clock buff/inverters and normal buff/inverters is __c.

a. Clock buff/inverters are faster than normal buff/inverters

b. Clock buff/inverters are slower than normal buff/inverters

c. Clock buff/inverters are having equal rise and fall times with high drive strengths compare to

normal buff/inverters

d. Normal buff/inverters are having equal rise and fall times with high drive strengths compare to

Clock buff/inverters.

• 37) Which configuration is more preferred during floorplaning ? a

a. Double back with flipped rows

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c. With channel spacing between rows and no double back

d. With channel spacing between rows and double back

• 38) What is the effect of high drive strength buffer when added in long net ? c

a. Delay on the net increases

b. Capacitance on the net increases

c. Delay on the net decreases

d. Resistance on the net increases

.

• 39) Delay of a cell depends on which factors ? b

a. Output transition and input load

b. Input transition and Output load

c. Input transition and Output transition

d. Input load and Output Load.

• 40) After the final routing the violations in the design __d_.

a. There can be no setup, no hold violations

b. There can be only setup violation but no hold

c. There can be only hold violation not Setup violation

d. There can be both violations.

• 41) Utilisation of the chip after placement optimisation will be c___.

a. Constant

b. Decrease

c. Increase

d. None of the above

• 42) What is routing congestion in the design? a

a. Ratio of required routing tracks to available routing tracks

b. Ratio of available routing tracks to required routing tracks

c. Depends on the routing layers available

d. None of the above

• 43) What are preroutes in your design? a

a. Power routing

b. Signal routing

c. Power and Signal routing

d. None of the above.

• 44) Clock tree doesn't contain following cell ___.c

a. Clock buffer

b. Clock Inverter

c. AOI cell

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