Title :
CAD tools for managing signal integrity and congestion simultaneously
Author :
Mehrotra, Sharad ; Franzon, Paul ; Bilbro, Griff ; Steer, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
An efficient computer-aided approach is presented that manages delay, signal integrity and routing congestion simultaneously in Printed Circuit Boards and Multichip Modules. The approach is based on use of the Signal Integrity Advisor in conjunction with a global router. The tools have been developed as part of a complete design optimization tool-set spanning partitioning, placement, routing and re-routing. It is also shown how the Signal Integrity Advisor can be used to produce wiring rules for a conventional router
Keywords :
circuit CAD; CAD tools; Signal Integrity Advisor; design optimization tool-set; global router; multichip modules; partitioning; placement; printed circuit boards; re-routing; routing congestion; signal integrity; wiring rules; Computational modeling; Delay; Design optimization; Engineering management; Equations; Printed circuits; Routing; Signal design; Signal processing; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Performance of Electronic packaging, 1994., IEEE 3rd Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2411-0
DOI :
10.1109/EPEP.1994.594061
