A semi-custom design methodology for design performance optimization

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-04-14
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Wepresentasemi-customdesignmethodologybasedontransistortuningtooptimizethedesignperformance.Comparedwithothertransistortuningapproaches,ourtuningprocesstakesthecross-talkeffectintoaccountandprominentlyreducesthecomplexityforcircuitsimulationandanalysisbydecomposingthecircuitnetworkutilizinggraphtheory.Furthermore,theincrementalplacementandroutingforthecorrespondingtransistortuninginconventionalapproachesisnotrequiredinourmethodology,whichmightinducetiminggraphvariationandadditionaliterationsfordesignconvergence.Thismethodologycombinestheflexibleautomatedcircuittuningandphysicaldesigntoolstoprovidemoreopportunitiesfordesignoptimizationthroughoutthedesigncycle.