IC Mask Design: Basic Layout Technology

Author: Saint
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Integrated Circuit Mask Design: Basic Layout Technology" (Translated Edition)
Recommendation: As a circuit designer, every choice and decision you make regarding the circuit will directly influence the final silicon product. Circuit design goes far beyond circuit simulation. The physical properties of the design will determine the success or failure of the circuit. Mask design issues are now more than ever a part of the entire circuit design process. Your design is only considered complete when it becomes a circuit on a silicon chip. Transferring your design to the silicon chip is your responsibility. Understanding how your design affects the choice of layout options is your responsibility. Communicating the requirements of the circuit to the mask designers is also your responsibility. To achieve all this, your knowledge of mask design work should at least not be inferior to your mask designers, even if it is not better. As a circuit designer, every choice and decision you make regarding the circuit will directly influence the final silicon product. Circuit design goes far beyond circuit simulation. The physical properties of the design will determine the success or failure of the circuit. Mask design issues are now more than ever a part of the entire circuit design process. Your design is only considered complete when it becomes a circuit on a silicon chip. Transferring your design to the silicon chip is your responsibility. Understanding how your design affects the choice of layout options is your responsibility. Communicating the requirements of the circuit to the mask designers is also your responsibility. To achieve all this, your knowledge of mask design work should at least not be inferior to your mask designers, even if it is not better.