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Rechnergestützter Entwurf und Architektur mikroelektronischer Systeme pp 104–114Cite as

A Methodology for Hierarchical Module Generator Specification

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A methodology for specifying complex hierarchical modules is presented. An IC designer with minimal software background is able to quickly and easily specify the structure of a parameterizable module by means of an abstract circuit description for each component in the hierarchical design. In conjunction with Siemens’ Generator Development Environment [1], this description allows the automatic generation of a structural netlist representation for a particular module configuration. All further circuit representations (e.g. physical and behavioral) refer to the structural representation for assembly or verification purposes. A register-file module generator capable of generating connection-validated mask layout as well as a transistor netlist has been developesd to demonstrate the power of the methodology.

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  1. Siemens AG, 1990. “GDE: A Development Environment for Module Generators and Related Design Tools”, (report in preparation).

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  1. Corporate Research and Development, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

    DeForest Tovey & Victor Valdivia

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  1. Lehrstuhl Informatik I, Universität Dortmund, Postfach 500500, D-4600, Dortmund 50, Deutschland

    Bernd Reusch

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Tovey, D., Valdivia, V. (1990). A Methodology for Hierarchical Module Generator Specification. In: Reusch, B. (eds) Rechnergestützter Entwurf und Architektur mikroelektronischer Systeme. Informatik—Fachberichte, vol 255. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84304-4_10

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