ASIC Physical Design Flow
In the VLSI design cycle, after the circuit representation is complete, we go to “physical design”. This is the stage where the circuit description is transformed into a physical layout,… Read more »
In the VLSI design cycle, after the circuit representation is complete, we go to “physical design”. This is the stage where the circuit description is transformed into a physical layout,… Read more »
Let us continue with the physical only cells present in the standard cell libraries that ease the digital PD flow. Filler Cells Well Tap Cells Decap Cells Filler Cells Once… Read more »
I. NetlistIn & Floorplan II. Placement III. Clock Tree Synthesis IV. Routing After routing, your layout is complete. Now a number of checks are performed to verify that the drawn… Read more »
I. NetlistIn & Floorplan II. Placement III. Clock Tree Synthesis After CTS, the routing process determines the precise paths for interconnections. This includes the standard cell and macro pins, the… Read more »
I. NetlistIn & Floorplan II. Placement For synchronized designs, data transfer between functional elements are synchronized by clock signals. In a top level digital design, you will have one more… Read more »
I. NetlistIn & Floorplan After you have done floorplanning, i.e. created the core area, placed the macros, and decided the power network structure of your design, it is time to… Read more »
This is going to be a series of step-by-step explanation of physical design flow for the novice. I am going to list out the stages from Netlist-GDS in this session…. Read more »