Physical Design Essentials: An ASIC Design Implementation Perspective

by Khosrow Golshan

Physical Design Essentials explains the basic steps required in the physical design of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). The subject matter presentation follows the industry-common ASIC physical design flow.

Topics covered


Basic standard cell design, transistor-sizing, and layout styles


Linear, non-linear, and polynomial characterization


Physical design constraints and floor planning styles


Algorithms used for placement


Clock tree synthesis


Algorithms used for global and detailed routing


Parasitic extraction


Functional timing and physical methods of verification


Testing Techniques


Physical Design Essentials is written for professional design engineers who need to be conversant with all aspects of ASIC design device processes, library development, place-and-route algorithms, verification, and testing.

232 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Paul Floyd · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice overview of the subject, but fairly superficial.