Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
5905114 VLSI Physical Design 3.0 3
Description his course is concerned with only the physical design automation of circuit physical layout. Its 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 following topics: 1.Introduction to physical design automation 2.The combinatorial complexity of layout problems 3.Data structure techniques for physical layout 4.Circuit partitioning 5. Placement, assignment, and floor planning 6.Global routing 7.Detail3ed routing 8.Compaction