Title :
Automating circuit simulation and evaluation for the semi-custom IC design process
Author :
Chang, James T. ; Werner, Lisa L. ; Tepper, Robert S.
Author_Institution :
Applied Micro Circuits Corp., San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
A data-driven software system called ASE (automatic simulation environment) that automatically creates, simulates, evaluates, and stores the results in a database is described. ASE significantly reduces the engineering design cycle time. By automating the creation and analysis of SPICE input and output files, this tool provides designers with more time to focus on designing and optimizing circuits, rather than manually creating correct and complete simulation files
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; integrated circuit technology; ASE; ASIC; SPICE input files; SPICE output files; automatic simulation environment; data-driven software system; database; engineering design cycle time; semi-custom IC design process; semicustom IC; Automatic testing; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Databases; Design automation; Integrated circuit testing; Process design; Runtime; SPICE; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1992., Proceedings of Fifth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0768-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1992.270239
