Title :
Embedded pin assignment for top down system design
Author :
Pförtner, Thomas ; Kiefl, Stefan ; Dachauer, Reimund
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. & Dev., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The authors present a technique of employing pin assignment to improve the physical design of printed circuit boards. The technique is based on all pins of ASICs, and reduces wire lengths and via count. Design time is reduced by automation and a top-down design procedure. An algorithm for the pin assignment problem is presented, and the combination of pin assignment with global routing is described
Keywords :
circuit layout CAD; printed circuit design; ASICs; embedded pin assignments; global routing; physical design; printed circuit boards; top down system design; via count; wire lengths; Application specific integrated circuits; Connectors; Constraint optimization; Costs; Design automation; Design optimization; Pins; Routing; Very large scale integration; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1992., EURO-VHDL '92, EURO-DAC '92. European
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2780-8
DOI :
10.1109/EURDAC.1992.246241
