A Microcomputer-Based Program for Printing Check Plots of Integrated Circuits Specified in Caltech Intermediate Form.

Abstract

Mcifplot, a microcomputer-based program which prints check plots of integrated circuits on a dot-matrix printer, was designed, implemented, and tested. The SADT Design, Detailed Design, Data Dictionary, algorithms, Structure Charts, and program code are presented. Mcifplot interprets a geometric description file written in Caltech Intermediate Form (CIF) and produces an output file which can be printed using the public domain program PLOT.COM. Mcifplot is written in C for the CPM operating system and closely matches the function of the Unix based VLSI design tool cifplot. Mcifplot interprets all standard CIF 2.0 commands with the exception of Poly Commands, Delete Definition Commands, and commands which define geometric elements in non-Manhattan directions. Program execution is primarily limited by disk access delays and depends greatly on the format and structure of the input CIF file. Additional keywords: Computer aided design, Computer graphics, Systems engineering, Algorithms, and Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA151715

Entities

People

  • K. S. Horton

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Graphics
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Software Development
  • Very Large Scale Integration

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Computer Science.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.