DocumentCode
1845894
Title
Increasing MMIC Design Capacity with Design Automation
Author
Hughes, Brian ; Perdomo, Julio ; Lee, Hee-Soo
Author_Institution
Hewlett Packard, HP EEsof Division, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USA
Volume
34
fYear
1998
fDate
Dec. 1998
Firstpage
22
Lastpage
27
Abstract
Business growth of many MMIC foundries is limited by design capacity. A MMIC design process is compared to a manufacturing process to identify opportunities to increase design capacity. The roles of design automation to reduce three types of design iterations and increase design efficiency are described.
Keywords
Business; Circuit synthesis; Costs; Design automation; Design optimization; Foundries; MMICs; Manufacturing processes; Process design; Productivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
ARFTG Conference Digest-Fall, 52nd
Conference_Location
Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5686-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ARFTG.1998.327312
Filename
4119997
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