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	Analyse Statique de Temporisation	Synthèse logique
Domaine	Génie électrique	Génie électrique
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1995	1987
Auteur d'origine	Harish Bhatnagar	Robert Brayton
Type	Non-simulation timing verification for digital circuits	Automated conversion of HDL descriptions to gate-level netlists
Source fondatrice	Bhatnagar, H., & Bhatnagar, R. (1995). Static timing analysis: A primer. In VLSI Handbook (pp. 1-25). CRC Press.	Brayton, R. K., Hachtel, G. D., McMullin, C. T., Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, A. L., & Vincentelli, A. S. (1987). Logic Synthesis for VLSI Design. Kluwer Academic.
Alias	STA, Timing verification, Path-based timing	RTL synthesis, Hardware synthesis, Logic optimization
Apparentées	3	3
Résumé	Static Timing Analysis (STA) is a non-simulation method for verifying that digital circuits meet timing constraints (clock frequencies, setup/hold times, propagation delays). Introduced systematically by Bhatnagar et al. in the 1990s, STA computes worst-case and best-case path delays by analyzing logic paths without simulating vectors. STA is essential for modern VLSI design, enabling fast timing closure before silicon and identifying critical paths for optimization.	Logic Synthesis is the automated conversion of high-level hardware descriptions (RTL in Verilog/VHDL) into optimized gate-level netlists. Pioneered by Brayton et al. at UC Berkeley in the 1980s-1990s, logic synthesis transforms behavioral specifications into physical implementations, optimizing for area, speed, and power. Synthesis is essential to modern digital design, enabling rapid iteration and automation of the most tedious manual tasks.