摘要:
A method of optimizing hierarchical very large scale integration (VLSI) design by use of cluster-based cell cloning. The method of the present invention provides improved yield or migration by reusing cells in order to reduce the number of unique instances of at least one of the reused cells. The method performs hierarchal optimization on the reduced set of clones (i.e., clusters). The method of the present disclosure includes, but is not limited to, the steps of setting the initial clustering parameters; assembling the physical design from existing reused cells; for each cell type, performing a full cloning operation in order to create a full set of duplicate cells; for each cell type, performing a full optimization of the design; for each cell type, performing an analyses of all cell environments and performing a clustering operation; and analyzing the overall results in order to determine whether the optimization objectives are achieved.
摘要:
A method, system and program product for context aware sub-circuit layout modification are disclosed. The method may include defining at least one context for the sub-circuit for each circuit that uses the sub-circuit; in the case that a plurality of contexts are defined, minimizing a number of contexts for the sub-circuit by combining contexts into at least one stage; placing each stage into a staged layout; and modifying the sub-circuit by modifying the staged layout.
摘要:
A method of polygonal area design rule correction for use in an electronic design automation tool for governing integrated circuit (IC) design layouts using one-dimensional (1-D) optimization, with steps of analyzing IC design layout data to identify violating polygons, partitioning violating polygons into rectangles in a direction of optimization, formulating an area constraint for each violating polygon to formulate a global linear programming (LP) problem that includes each constraint for each violating polygon and solving the global LP problem to obtain a real-valued solution. A next LP problem is created for each area constraint, and solved. The creating a next and solving the next LP problem and solving are repeated until the last “next LP problem” is solved using constraints and objectives representing sums or differences of no more than two optimization variables.
摘要:
A method, system and program product for context aware sub-circuit layout modification are disclosed. The method may include defining at least one context for the sub-circuit for each circuit that uses the sub-circuit; in the case that a plurality of contexts are defined, minimizing a number of contexts for the sub-circuit by combining contexts into at least one stage; placing each stage into a staged layout; and modifying the sub-circuit by modifying the staged layout.
摘要:
A method comprises extracting a hierarchical grid constraint set and modeling one or more critical objects of at least one cell as a variable set. The method further comprises solving a linear programming problem based on the hierarchical grid constraint set with the variable set to provide initial locations of the critical objects of the at least one cell and determining target on-grid locations of the one or more critical objects in the at least one cell using the results of the linear programming solution.
摘要:
A method (300) and system (500) for optimizing a circuit layout based on layout constraints (308) and objectives (312). The method includes solving a linear program so as to obtain a rational solution whose variables are either whole or half integer. The tight constraints and objectives involving variables whose solution are a half integer are reduced to a 2-SAT problem, which is analyzed to determine its satisfiability. If the 2-SAT problem is not satisfiable, one or more objectives are removed so as to make the 2-SAT problem satisfiable. Any half-integer results of the linear program are rounded according to the truth assignment that satisfies the 2-SAT problem. The rounded results are used to create the circuit layout.
摘要:
A method of layout optimization containing parameterized cells includes reading a physical design containing parameterized cells, creating a new version for each of usage of a given parameterized cell. The method optimizes physical design shapes of each new version of the parameterized cell by assigning variables to parameters of the parameterized cell according to a desired objective. Then, the method updates the parameters of each new version of the parameterized cell and replaces each new version of the parameterized cell with an instance of the parameterized cell having updated parameters. The method can optionally adjust physical design shapes based on constraints related to the parameters.
摘要:
A method of layout optimization containing parameterized cells includes reading a physical design containing parameterized cells, creating a new version for each of usage of a given parameterized cell. The method optimizes physical design shapes of each new version of the parameterized cell by assigning variables to parameters of the parameterized cell according to a desired objective. Then, the method updates the parameters of each new version of the parameterized cell and replaces each new version of the parameterized cell with an instance of the parameterized cell having updated parameters. The method can optionally adjust physical design shapes based on constraints related to the parameters.
摘要:
A method, system and program product for merging cloned and original circuit shapes such that a union thereof does not include a notch. The invention determines, for a cell including an original circuit shape and at least one overlapping clone of the original circuit shape, whether each clone corner point of each overlapping clone is within a threshold distance of a corresponding original corner point of the original circuit shape; and generates, in the case that each clone corner point of each overlapping clone circuit shape is within a threshold distance, a union of each overlapping clone and the original circuit shape such that the union does not contain a notch. The union is generated using a point code that sets a new position for a union corner point to remove a notch based on the original shape's direction and the edge orientations previous to and next to the corner point.
摘要:
A method of calculating critical area in an integrated circuit design, said method comprising: inputting an integrated circuit design; associating variables with the positions of edges in said integrated circuit design; and associating cost functions of said variables with spacing between said edges in said integrated circuit design; wherein said cost functions calculate critical area contributions as the positions and length of said edges in said integrated circuit design change, and wherein said critical area contributions comprise a measure of electrical fault characteristics of said spacing between said edges in said integrated circuit design.