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We consider the problem of wiring planar knock-knee mode layouts. We present a systematic approach to this problem and develop a unified framework that also applies to layouts using grids that are more general than the usual square grid, and determine all possible grids that satisfy some natural regularity criteria. We develop some specific techniques for wiring of layouts in the square grid. As one of the applications of these techniques, we give a simple characterization of two-layer wirability of an arbitrary layout.
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On leave from the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 22, 00-901 Warsaw, Poland. W. Lipski tragically died on May 30, 1985.
The work of F. P. Preparata was supported in part by the Semiconductor Research Corporation under Contract SRC RSCH 84-06-049.
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Lipski, W., Preparata, F.P. A unified approach to layout wirability. Math. Systems Theory 19, 189–203 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01704913
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