A performance-driven routing approach for thick film MCMs

Author

Yu, Qiong ; Sandeep, Badida ; Lai, Jian-lin ; Sherwani, Naveed

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1-4 May 1994

Firstpage

655

Lastpage

658

Abstract

We propose a routing methodology that can satisfy a host of performance constraints arising in thick film MCM problems. Our approach is based on recursively decomposing a complex MCM routing problem into several smaller “tower routing” problems. First, the nets are distributed in all three dimensions in a uniform fashion to avoid over-congested towers. Routing distribution ensures that each tower routing problem is independent. Then, routing is carried out in each tower. During each step, a host of performance constraints are to be satisfied. Experimental evaluation confirms the validity of our methodology. Our router can route all the nets, while satisfying specific performance constraints in reasonable number of layers

Keywords

circuit layout; circuit layout CAD; multichip modules; network routing; thick film circuits; performance constraints; performance-driven routing; routing distribution; thick film MCMs; tower routing problems; Computer science; Delay; Fabrication; Manufacturing; Poles and towers; Routing; Substrates; Thick films; Very large scale integration; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1886-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1994.379638

Filename

379638