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2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
BDS: a BDD-based logic optimization system
Congguang Yang, Maciej J. Ciesielski, Vigyan Singh...
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2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Model-based dummy feature placement for oxide chemical-mechanical polishing manufacturability
—Chemical–mechanical polishing (CMP) is an enabling technique used in deep-submicrometer VLSI manufacturing to achieve long range oxide planarization. Post-CMP oxide topography...
Ruiqi Tian, D. F. Wong, Robert Boone
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2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Predicting coupled noise in RC circuits by matching 1, 2, and 3 moments
This paper develops the noise-counterparts to familiar delay formulas like Elmore or PRIMO. By matching the first few moments of the network’s transfer impedance, we obtain effi...
Bernard N. Sheehan
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2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
CYCLONE: automated design and layout of RF LC-oscillators
This paper presents an automated, layout-aware RF LCoscillator design tool, called CYCLONE that delivers an accurate and optimal LC-oscillator design, from specification to layout...
Carl De Ranter, B. De Muer, Geert Van der Plas, Pe...
DAC
2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Block placement with symmetry constraints based on the O-tree non-slicing representation
The ordered tree (O-tree) representation has recently gained much interest in layout design automation. Different from previous topological representations of non-slicing floorpl...
Yingxin Pang, Florin Balasa, Koen Lampaert, Chung-...
DAC
2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Macro-driven circuit design methodology for high-performance datapaths
Datapath design is one of the most critical elements in the design of a high performance microprocessor. However datapath design is typically done manually, and is often custom st...
Mahadevamurty Nemani, Vivek Tiwari
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2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Fast power grid simulation
The decrease in feature size and added chip functionality in large sub-micron integrated circuits demand larger grids for power distribution. Since power grids are performance lim...
Sani R. Nassif, Joseph N. Kozhaya