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2000
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
BDS: a BDD-based logic optimization system
Congguang Yang, Maciej J. Ciesielski, Vigyan Singh...
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2000
ACM
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
DAC
2000
ACM
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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