Re: Characterization
For standard cell based ASIC we design a number of basic primitives (like NAND,NOR, Inverter,Mux,etc). The layout and schematic design part of this is called Library Development.. For timing and power analysis you should have all the information regarding a particular cell (e.g, for given input slew and output load how much delay it should have and power also)..This part of the Library design procedure is called characterization, in which you calculate delay and power for each library primitive for given input slew and output capacitance range....