Automatic Placer for Analog Integrated Circuits
In cooperation with STMicroelectronics, we have designed and are further developing a solution for placement of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The placement process, where the actual positions of transistors and resistors is determined, is still done mostly manually. Our solution, utilizing mathematical programming and scheduling-inspired algorithms, can shorten design time from hours to minutes, while considering critical constraints, such as spacing between components with different voltage.

Highlights

  • The optimization creates high-quality circuit placement in minutes
  • The users control the optimization objective, focusing either on circuit’s area, or the cost of the connectivity between components
  • The solution is being called directly from the CAD software, and its results is imported back for immediate analysis

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