DAVE: an automatic mixed analog/digital IC layout compiler

Author

Lin, Zhi-Ming

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

12-15 May 1991

Abstract

A custom CMOS layout compiler, called DAVE, for mixed analog/digital ICs has been developed. The compiler is a process-independent tool which is able to generate arbitrary circuit layouts in MAG or CIF formats from SPICE circuit descriptions. The compiler not only handles typical mixed analog/digital layout constraints such as device matching, symmetry, and device shape constraints, but also fully decouples signal coupling between sensitive nets and noise nets. The compiler supports user-defined constraints on chip aspect ratio and the types of input/output pads. In comparison with previous approaches, DAVE features more flexibility, wider variety, lower amount of CPU time, and more considerations on mixed analog/digital layout constraints

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit technology; CIF formats; DAVE; IC layout compiler; MAG format; SPICE circuit descriptions; chip aspect ratio; custom CMOS; device matching; device shape constraints; input/output pads; mixed analog/digital ICs; process-independent tool; Analog integrated circuits; Capacitance; Coupling circuits; Digital integrated circuits; Geometry; Integrated circuit layout; Noise shaping; Routing; SPICE; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0015-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1991.164073

Filename

164073