Automatic design of transparent standard cells with TRANSCAD II

Author

Anton, Oskar ; Doerffer, Karol ; Mlynski, Dieter A.

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Theoretische Elektrotechn. & Messtech., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

fYear

1993

fDate

3-6 May 1993

Firstpage

1853

Abstract

Methods for the automatic generation of transparent standard cells are presented. A heuristic algorithm for transistor chaining is developed and implemented. Through the use of transparent cells, exclusive routing channels can be avoided and the over cell area can also be used as routing area. The routing algorithms implemented in the CAD tool take advantage of this new possibility. The presented algorithms are combined in TRANSCAD II, a CAD tool based on the concept of transparent standard cells. This tool allows comfortable design of compact cells with high transparency. A cell library is designed using CMOS technology with two metal layers

Keywords

CMOS logic circuits; circuit layout CAD; logic CAD; logic design; network routing; CAD tool; CMOS technology; TRANSCAD II; cell library; compact cells; heuristic algorithm; over cell area; transistor chaining; transparency; transparent standard cells; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Design automation; Design methodology; Heuristic algorithms; Libraries; Manufacturing automation; Pins; Routing; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1993., ISCAS '93, 1993 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1281-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1993.394108

Filename

394108