Chameleon ART: a non-optimization based analog design migration framework

Authors:
Sherif Hammouda;Hazem Said;Mohamed Dessouky;Mohamed Tawfik;Quang Nguyen;Wael Badawy;Hazem Abbas;Hussein Shahein
Affiliations:
Mentor Graphics Egypt, Cairo, Egypt and University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta;Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt;Mentor Graphics Egypt, Cairo, Egypt;Mentor Graphics Egypt, Cairo, Egypt;ON Semiconductor France SAS, Toulouse, France;University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta;Mentor Graphics Egypt, Cairo, Egypt;Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
Venue:
Proceedings of the 43rd annual Design Automation Conference
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Presented in this paper is a tool that automatically migrates analog designs from one process to another while keeping circuit and layout topologies. A netlist migration engine recalculates the new device dimensions in the target technology followed by a layout migration engine that compacts the design according to the new process design rules. The overall framework preserves design intelligence embedded in the original IP such as symmetry, hierarchy, placement and routing. The circuit migration engine, being very fast, can retarget large analog blocks in only a few minutes while giving same or better performance of the original design. The migration of 3 different circuits is presented to validate the overall methodology. These circuits have been fabricated and measured.