Title :
Minimum area joining of compacted cells
Author :
Cho, Seonghun ; Sahni, Sartaj
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
fDate :
7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We consider the problem of joining a row of compacted cells so as to minimize the area occupied by the cells and the interconnects. The cell joining process includes cell stretching and river routing. We propose several heuristics to join a row of cells in such a way that area is minimized. The proposed heuristics are compared, experimentally with that proposed by Cheng and Despain (1989)
Keywords :
circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit layout; network routing; IC layout; cell stretching; compacted cells; heuristics; interconnects; minimum area joining; river routing; Circuit synthesis; Digital signal processing; Integrated circuit interconnections; Joining processes; Nonhomogeneous media; Rivers; Routing; Tiles;
Journal_Title :
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
