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Course contents

  • How to Use This Course
  • Low-Power Metrics Reference
  • Low-Power Glossary
  • Reading Path
  • Power Intent Fundamentals61
  • Isolation & Retention61
  • Level Shifters & Power Switches61
  • UPF Implementation Flow61
  • Low Power Verification61
  • PD & Power Grid Integration61
  • Low Power Interview Prep4
  • Low Power / UPF Cheatsheet
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‹Low-Power Design
  1. Topics
  2. Low-Power Design
  3. Low-Power Metrics Reference

Low Power / UPF · All levels

Low-Power Metrics Reference

Common metrics for UPF quality, transition robustness, and signoff readiness.

Core metric families

  • Intent quality: unresolved objects, policy bind failures, PST completeness.

  • Transition quality: legal transition pass rate, wake-up stability, restore convergence.

  • Crossing quality: isolation coverage, shifter insertion correctness, X-leak count.

  • Implementation quality: LP cell legality, switched-rail connectivity, AON continuity.

  • Release quality: open violation trend, waiver aging, owner accountability.

Diagram
BEFORE / AFTER FIX — Low-Power Closure

metric quality
  ^
  |                       o target region
  |                 o post-fix + regression
  |            o
  |      o failing baseline
  +----------------------------------------> iteration
      sequence audit   policy fix   full re-run
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  • Reading Path
  • Power Intent Fundamentals
  • Isolation & Retention