An Implementation of Functional Module Editor in the Gate-Array Layout Style


The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society (1994 ~ 2000), Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 1240-1252, Sep. 1996
10.3745/KIPSTE.1996.3.5.1240,   PDF Download:

Abstract

In this paper we propose a layout editor for the functional module generating in the Sea-of-Gates(SOG) layout style. The proposed layout editor provides interactive ways of designing a functional module to the designer so that the layout result is very satisfiable. Especially, the editor is independent on the shape of the basic cells in the gate array template, and provides semi-automatic layout methods as well as hand layout. It also has several special functions which are not able to find in other layout tools for the module generation, and hence the designer can generate modules very fast. The layout editor is implemented in C language with X-win-dow Motif environment. When we compare our editor with the previous layout editor Seadali, the design time is reduced by a factor of two for several benchmark circuits.


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Cite this article
[IEEE Style]
S. J. Woo, H. S. Hyun, J. Y. Sook, R. J. Seok, "An Implementation of Functional Module Editor in the Gate-Array Layout Style," The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society (1994 ~ 2000), vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1240-1252, 1996. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTE.1996.3.5.1240.

[ACM Style]
Sohn Jin Woo, Hong Sung Hyun, Jeong Young Sook, and Rim Jong Seok. 1996. An Implementation of Functional Module Editor in the Gate-Array Layout Style. The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society (1994 ~ 2000), 3, 5, (1996), 1240-1252. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTE.1996.3.5.1240.