TRANSCAD-a CAD tool for transparent standard cells

Author

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

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Theor. Elektrotech. und Messtech., Karlsruhe Univ., Germany

Volume

4

fYear

1992

fDate

3-6 May 1992

Firstpage

1969

Abstract

A CAD tool is presented based on the concept of transparent standard cells. The transparent standard cell concept offers more chip area for wiring. The physical layout is carried out in two separate sequential steps, placement and routing. The placement and routing algorithms are discussed. A cell library was designed using CMOS technology with two metal layers. The cell editor presented allows a comfortable design of compact cells with high transparency. Through the use of transparent cells, exclusive routing channels can be avoided and the over cell area can also be used as a routing area. The routing algorithms implemented in the CAD tool take advantage of this new possibility

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit technology; network routing; CAD tool; CMOS technology; TRANSCAD; cell editor; cell library; compact cells; physical layout; placement; routeing; routing algorithms; transparent standard cells; two metal layers; CMOS technology; Design automation; Design methodology; Joining processes; Libraries; Pins; Process design; Routing; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1992. ISCAS '92. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0593-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230422

Filename

230422