TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Scheible, Jürgen
A1  - Lienig, Jens
ED  - Davoodi, Azadeh
T1  - Automation of analog IC layout : challenges and solutions
T2  - ISPD '15 : proceedings of the 2015 International Symposium on Physical Design ; March 29 - April 1, 2015, Monterey, CA, USA
N2  - Physical analog IC design has not been automated to the  same degree as digital IC design. This shortfall is primarily rooted in the analog IC design problem itself, which is considerably more complex even for small problem sizes. Significant progress has been made in analog automation in several R&D target areas in recent years. Constraint engineering and generator-based module approaches are among the innovations that have emerged. Our paper will first present a brief review of the state of the art of analog layout automation. We will then introduce active and open research areas and present two visions – a “continuous layout design flow” and a “bottom-up meets top-down design flow” – which could significantly push analog design automation towards its goal of analog synthesis.
KW  - algorithms
KW  - analog design
KW  - verification
KW  - layout
KW  - constraint engineering
KW  - design methodology
KW  - physical design
KW  - analog layout automation
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-1-4503-3399-3
SB  - 978-1-4503-3399-3
U6  - https://doi.org//10.1145/2717764.2717781
DO  - https://doi.org//10.1145/2717764.2717781
SP  - 33
EP  - 40
S1  - 8
PB  - ACM
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -