Optimal Net Assignment

Ting Chi Wang, D. F. Wong, Yachyang Sun, C. K. Wong

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Abstract

We study in this paper the net assignment problem subject to the capacity constraint, selection constraint and routing constraint. Given two adjacent channels separated by a cell row, and a set of nets in each of the two channels, this problem is to assign to the cell row a subset of nets in each channel such that without violating any given constraint, the sum of the remaining densities of the two channels is minimized. The capacity constraint requires the density caused by the nets, which are assigned to the cell row, to be no more than a user-specified number k, where k is no more than the number of tracks available for routing over that cell row. The selection constraint specifies in each channel the subset of nets which are candidates to be assigned to the cell row. The routing constraint requires each net to be either completely assigned to the cell row or to stay in its channel. This problem can find its application in modeling a practical over-the-cell routing problem in which the whole region over the cell row is two-layer routable for the nets in the two adjacent channels. We present an optimal algorithm to solve this problem, and provide experimental results to support our algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)265-269
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1995

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Software
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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