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Signal Electromigration (Signal EM): Violations, Examples, and Practical Fixes

  Hello Dear Readers,   Today in this post, I will provide some deep insight into the Signal Electromigration (Signal EM): Violations, Examples, and Practical Fixes. 1. Introduction: As technology nodes shrink into the deep‑submicron and nanometer regime (7nm, 5nm, 3nm and beyond), electromigration (EM) has become a first‑order reliability concern—not only for power/ground (PG) networks but also for signal nets. Signal EM failures are often underestimated because signal currents are transient and bidirectional. However, with higher switching activity, tighter metal pitches, thinner wires, and aggressive timing closure, signal EM can cause latent or early‑life failures if not addressed properly. This article explains: What Signal EM is and how it differs from PG EM Typical Signal EM violation scenarios Detailed, practical examples Root causes behind each violation Proven solutions and best practices to fix and prevent Signal EM issues 2. What is Signal Electromigration: El...
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Hardware RTL DV Engineer at HARMAN International

 Hello Dear Readers,

Currently at HARMAN International Bangalore vacancy for a Hardware RTL DV Engineer role.

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity, and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

Mandatory Skills:

  • You work closely with engineers across performance modeling, validation, and implementation to meet all functional requirements, performance, power and area goals
  • Leading, supervising, coaching, and mentoring a small team of RTL & DV engineers
  • Micro-architecture of digital blocks and hardware/firmware partitioning
  • Digital design and RTL coding, scripting, and automation
  • Conducting and subjecting to documentation and code reviews
  • Contributing to test plans and calling out design and verification requirements for tracking
  • Creating Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and implementing and verifying Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) on RTL, and on synthesized, pre- and post-route netlists
  • Coordinating with leads from other teams such as DFT, analog design, protocol-specific PCS design, I/O controller teams, microcontroller firmware, IP/SOC deployment, front-end design, physical design, post-silicon validation
  • Interfacing with internal and external development partners, IP vendors, and service providers
  • System Verilog, UVM, Test bench Creation.

Preferred:

  • Any Scripting Language Knowledge
  • Good Leadership and Solutioning skillsets.

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  1. Anonymous2 December 2022 at 06:56

    Wonderful opportunity. Thanks for posting.

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  2. Anonymous5 December 2022 at 03:42

    Thanks brother I have shortlisted for this position your resume building tips was helpful.

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  3. Anonymous11 December 2022 at 12:21

    Still hiring??

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