Title :
Cost-driven layout for thin-film MCMs
Author :
Dai, Wayne Wei-Ming ; Staepelaere, David ; Jue, Jeffrey ; Dayan, Tal
Author_Institution :
Board of Studies in Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Abstract :
The authors point out that the SURF rubber-band router is designed to meet many of the needs of thin-film MCM layout that are not met by existing PCB tools. The ways that SURF can exploit the flexibility of the rubber-band wiring model to generate layouts that help reduce substrate cost are discussed. Specifically, approaches for reducing the number of metal layers and increasing substrate yield are presented. The results of applying these techniques to several MCM designs are shown. Finally, some future directions for research are described
Keywords :
circuit layout CAD; multichip modules; network routing; CAD tools; MCM designs; PCB tools; SURF rubber-band router; cost driven layout; metal layers; rubber-band wiring model; substrate cost; substrate yield; thin-film MCM layout; Clocks; Consumer electronics; Costs; Design automation; Electronics packaging; Geometry; Multichip modules; Substrates; Transistors; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Multi-Chip Module Conference, 1993. MCMC-93, Proceedings., 1993 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Cruz, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3540-1
DOI :
10.1109/MCMC.1993.302131
