Carlo H. Séquin

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-87-324

, 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.

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BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Séquin:CSD-87-324,
    Author= {Séquin, Carlo H.},
    Title= {Design and Layout Generation at the Symbolic Level},
    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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%A Séquin, Carlo H. 
%T Design and Layout Generation at the Symbolic Level
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 1987
%@ UCB/CSD-87-324
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1987/5401.html
%F Séquin:CSD-87-324