Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
3615010 VLSI Physical Design 3.0 3
Description This course is concerned with only the physicl design automation of circuit physical layout.It Purpose is to give an overview of what are currently the mose important combinatorial problems in physical design, and to describe their solutions. The physical design covers the follwing topics:1.Introduction to physical design automation 2.The combinatorial complexity of layout problems 3.Data structure techniques for physiccal layout 4.Circuit partitioning 5. Placement, assignment, and floorplanning 6.Global routing 7.Detail3ed routing 8.Compaction