• DocumentCode
    2430217
  • Title

    Timing and design closure in physical design flows

  • Author

    Coudert, Olivier

  • Author_Institution
    Monterey Design Syst., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    511
  • Lastpage
    516
  • Abstract
    A physical design flow consists of producing a production-worthy layout from a gate-level netlist subject to a set of constraints. This paper focuses on the problems imposed by shrinking process technologies. It exposes the problems of timing closure, signal integrity, design variable dependencies, clock and power/ground routing, and design signoff. It also surveys some physical design flows, and outlines a refinement-based flow.
  • Keywords
    capacitance; circuit optimisation; crosstalk; delays; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; network routing; network topology; timing; constraints; design closure; design signoff; design variable dependencies; gate-level netlist; physical design flows; power/ground routing; process technologies; refinement-based flow; signal integrity; timing; Capacitance; Clocks; Crosstalk; Delay estimation; Logic; Routing; Signal design; Signal synthesis; Timing; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quality Electronic Design, 2002. Proceedings. International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1561-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISQED.2002.996796
  • Filename
    996796