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ICCAD
2007
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Novel wire density driven full-chip routing for CMP variation control
— As nanometer technology advances, the post-CMP dielectric thickness variation control becomes crucial for manufacturing closure. To improve CMP quality, dummy feature filling ...
Huang-Yu Chen, Szu-Jui Chou, Sheng-Lung Wang, Yao-...
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Wire density driven global routing for CMP variation and timing
In this paper, we propose the first wire density driven global routing that considers CMP variation and timing. To enable CMP awareness during global routing, we propose a compac...
Minsik Cho, David Z. Pan, Hua Xiang, Ruchir Puri
TCAD
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Metal-Density-Driven Placement for CMP Variation and Routability
In this paper, we propose the first metal-density driven placement algorithm to reduce CMP variation and achieve higher routability. Based on an analytical placement framework, we...
Tung-Chieh Chen, Minsik Cho, David Z. Pan, Yao-Wen...
ISVLSI
2007
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
CMP-aware Maze Routing Algorithm for Yield Enhancement
— Chemical-Mechanical Polishing (CMP) is one of the key steps during nanometer VLSI manufacturing process where minimum variation of layout pattern densities is desired. This pap...
Hailong Yao, Yici Cai, Xianlong Hong