Planar subset of multi-terminal nets

  • Authors:
  • K. F. Liao;D. T. Lee;M. Sarrafzadeh

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Integration, the VLSI Journal
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

The problem of finding a maximum-weighted planar subset of n multi-terminal nets in a global routing with w modules is considered. When w = 0, an optimal algorithm, running in O(n log n + t) time in bipartite regions (channels) and in O(nt) time in arbitrary regions (switchboxes), is presented; where t is the total number of terminals. For arbitrary w, the problem is shown to be NP-hard. For a fixed w, an O(n^w^+^1t) time algorithm, suitable for regions with small numbers of modules (e.g. a 'ring' where w = 1) is presented.