By David Doman
Shows readers the right way to achieve the aggressive side within the built-in circuit marketplace
This booklet deals a totally particular viewpoint at the electronic layout equipment. It issues to hidden price within the defense margins of standard-cell libraries and exhibits layout engineers and executives the right way to use this information to overcome the competition.
Engineering the CMOS Library unearths step-by-step how the familiar, foundry-provided standard-cell library is outfitted, and the way to extract price from latest std-cells and EDA instruments to be able to produce tighter-margined, smaller, quicker, much less power-hungry, and extra yield-producing built-in circuits. It explores all elements of the electronic layout equipment, together with the various perspectives of CMOS std-cell libraries besides insurance of IO libraries, reminiscence compilers, and small analog blocks. Readers will learn:
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How to paintings with overdesigned std-cell libraries to enhance profitability whereas preserving safety
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How features often present in std-cell libraries conceal the layout atmosphere, and the way so as to add any lacking functions
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How to harness the characterization process utilized by owners so as to add characterization with no need to get it from the vendor
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How to take advantage of verification and validation options to make sure right descriptive perspectives or even repair inconsistencies in seller unlock views
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How to right for attainable conflicts bobbing up from a number of types and diversified seller assets in any given built-in circuit design
Complete with real-world case stories, examples, and proposals for additional learn, Engineering the CMOS Library might help readers develop into extra astute designers.