COMPUTER AIDED LAYOUT OF MICROCIRCUITS,

Abstract

To eliminate some of the skilled human effort in arranging the layout of the components of a microcircuit on a substrate, it is proposed that the process should be aided by a digital computer. A fully automated system does not seem possible at present. The method which has been suggested, and partially developed, relies on the automatic production of a rough layout which is unconstrained in size. This is then rearranged by human intervention, the designer communicating with the machine using a simple drawing language and viewing the progress of the work using an on-line graphical display. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680981

Entities

People

  • A. P. Stockton
  • Sylvia Tubbs
  • W. J. Cullyer

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Intervention
  • Language
  • Microcircuits
  • Production
  • Substrates

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems