Carlo H. Séquin
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-87-324
January 1987
http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1987/CSD-87-324.pdf
A pipeline of three tools for the construction of high-quality macro modules or library cells is described. TOPOGEN is a synthesis tool that takes a logic description at the gate level and converts it into a symbolic layout of a static CMOS circuit on a virtual (course ) grid. EDISTIX is an interactive virtual grid editor for the creation or modification of symbolic sticks diagrams. ZORRO is a two-dimensional compactor using the concept of "Zone refining" to generate the mask geometry from the symbolic layout. The generation of the final layout of a cell is a two-step process using an intermediate symbolic representation on a virtual grid. In this intermediate state, the user can interactively make changes.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Séquin:CSD-87-324, Author = {Séquin, Carlo H.}, Title = {Design and Layout Generation at the Symbolic Level}, Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley}, Year = {1987}, Month = {Jan}, URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1987/5401.html}, Number = {UCB/CSD-87-324}, Abstract = {A pipeline of three tools for the construction of high-quality macro modules or library cells is described. TOPOGEN is a synthesis tool that takes a logic description at the gate level and converts it into a symbolic layout of a static CMOS circuit on a virtual (course ) grid. EDISTIX is an interactive virtual grid editor for the creation or modification of symbolic sticks diagrams. ZORRO is a two-dimensional compactor using the concept of "Zone refining" to generate the mask geometry from the symbolic layout. The generation of the final layout of a cell is a two-step process using an intermediate symbolic representation on a virtual grid. In this intermediate state, the user can interactively make changes.} }
EndNote citation:
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