Abstract: A method and a system for characterizing an integrated circuit (IC) design are disclosed. The method includes receiving a description of leaf cells used in the IC design. The IC design is described in a high-level language by using the description of the leaf cells. The description of the IC design includes specifying placement of the leaf cells and specifying connectivity between them. Further, the method includes extracting a circuit netlist file based on the physical layout of the IC design. The instructions are defined in the high-level language to perform simulations on the extracted circuit netlist file. These simulations are performed on the circuit netlist file to determine the values of the design parameters. Furthermore, the method includes providing the values of the design parameters of the IC design in a pre-defined output format based on the simulations.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing an integrated circuit is described. The method includes generating (102) a characteristic table of the integrated circuit. The method further includes selecting (104) a functional module from one or more functional modules. Moreover, the method includes receiving (106) at least an input load or an output load, or both, corresponding to the functional module. Further still, the method includes calculating (108) size of a plurality of transistors in the functional module. The system includes a characteristic table generator (302) and an optimizer unit (304). The characteristic table generator (302) generates the characteristic table. The optimizer unit (304) selects the functional module from the one or more functional modules. The optimizer unit (302) further resizes the plurality of transistors in the functional module.