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This section focuses on the IC design flow and the related process design kit (PDK). The design flow mainly consists of design specifications, circuit schematics, design functional simulation, functional verification, layout (placement and routing, physical verification), and tape-out. The PDK from process manufacturers (foundries) includes the process manufacturing information and the standard cell library (for semi-automatic digital circuit design process). The quality of input/output (I/O) and clock network is an important factor affecting the reliability of ICs. The scaling of CMOS technology leads to power/energy consumption issues. Leakage current is one of the key indicators of nowadays ICs; moreover, the emergence of customer-owned technology (COT) enables design applications with optimized performance of power consumption, layout area, and trade-offs of technical threshold and investment cost.
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Huang, C., Qian, Q., Chen, C., Ge, W., Cao, J. (2024). Basics of Integrated Circuit Design. In: Wang, Y., Chi, MH., Lou, J.JC., Chen, CZ. (eds) Handbook of Integrated Circuit Industry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2836-1_35
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