Engineering the CMOS library : enhancing digital design kits for competitive silicon /

• Main Author: Doman, David
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2012]
• Subjects: Digital integrated circuits > Design and construction.; Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary.; Industrial efficiency.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Circuits > VLSI & ULSI.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Circuits > General.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > Circuits > Integrated.; Digital integrated circuits / Design and construction.; Electronic books.

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Table of Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Introduction
• Stdcell Libraries
• IO Libraries
• Memory Compilers
• Other Functions
• Physical Views
• Spice
• Timing Views
• Power Views
• Noise Views
• Logical Views
• Test Views
• Consistency
• Design for Manufacturability
• Validation
• Playing with the Physical Design Kit: Usually ₃At Your Own Risk₄
• Tagging and Revisioning
• Releasing and Supporting
• Other Topics
• Communications
• Appendix I: Minimum Library Synthesis Versus Full-Library Synthesis of A Four-Bit Flash Adder
• Appendix II: Pertinent CMOS Bsim Spice Parameters with Units and Default Levels
• Appendix III: Definition of Terms
• Appendix IV: One Possible Means of Formalized Monthly Reporting
• Index.