Structured methods applied to CAD design flows

Author

McBean, R.V. ; Qing Zhang

Author_Institution

Adv. Design Technol., Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-7 June 1996

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the structured approach for the Library Generation Flow (LGF) project which was implemented using StP (Software through Pictures). Incorporating Yourdon and Jackson structured analysis techniques, the LGF project was able to achieve 10/spl times/ cycle time reduction during the analysis and design phases. The project achieved better than 90% accuracy in the translation of the customer requirements to the LGF specifications document The project is contributing to the requirements for SEI-level three by planning, documenting and tracking all project issues. The LGF project uses a formal review procedure for each phase of the product life-cycle. The LGF system is an automated method for generating a cell library for semicustom design.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; integrated circuit design; project engineering; ASIC design; CAD design flow; LGF specifications document; Library Generation Flow project; SEI-level three; Software through Pictures; StP; automated method; cell library generation; formal review procedure; product life-cycle; semicustom design; structured analysis techniques; structured methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 1996. 50th., Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International.

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3309-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.1996.559814

Filename

559814