DESIGN TOOL FOR THE TYPE AND FORM OF A CIRCUIT PRODUCTION
First Claim
1. A method of at least contributing to a selection of a type and form of a circuit implementation in at least one layer for a given integration task concerning one ofan integrated circuit or many thereof combined in a wafer composite;
- a module on an area-like carrier substrate; and
a compact module;
wherein(1) a plurality of electric or electronic components are to be spatially placed and electrically connected with each other;
(2) storing a plurality of completed solutions in a database, and each of the completed solutions comprises a set of properties, and each set includes at least the following properties for the given integration task;
a technology of integration;
a package or installation size;
a number of physical layers for conductive paths or conductors in a vertical direction; and
a wire or conductor path length;
(3) using said completed solutions stored in the data base of the given integration task to define a destination space, and selecting a solution (5b) therefrom by at least two operating elements of a display device (20), said solution determining type &
form of the circuit implementation as a result of the given integration task, and aggregating said plurality of electric and electronic components in one of a plurality of integration technologies.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for influencing a selecting a “type and form of a circuit implementation” in at least one layer (L1,L2) in a given integration task for an integrated circuit or many thereof aggregated in a wafer composite, a module on a 2-dimensional carrier substrate, or a compact module. A plurality of electric or electronic components is spatially arranged and electrically conductively to be connected. To this end a plurality of completed solutions x (5;5a,5b) are stored and available in a database (10), and each of the completed solutions includes a set of properties, wherein each set includes at least one of the following properties for the given integration task: a technology for integration, a package or installation size, a number of layers (physical layers) for conductors or line in a vertical direction and a line length or conductor length. The completed solutions (5) stored in the database (10) of the given integration task define a destination space (40), from which a solution (5b) is selectable by means of operating elements (21,22), which solution determines type & form of the circuit implementation as a result of the given integration task, and aggregates the plurality of electric and electronic components in one of a plurality of integration technologies. In this way, the design time can be reduced.
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1. A method of at least contributing to a selection of a type and form of a circuit implementation in at least one layer for a given integration task concerning one of
an integrated circuit or many thereof combined in a wafer composite; -
a module on an area-like carrier substrate; and a compact module;
wherein(1) a plurality of electric or electronic components are to be spatially placed and electrically connected with each other; (2) storing a plurality of completed solutions in a database, and each of the completed solutions comprises a set of properties, and each set includes at least the following properties for the given integration task; a technology of integration; a package or installation size; a number of physical layers for conductive paths or conductors in a vertical direction; and a wire or conductor path length; (3) using said completed solutions stored in the data base of the given integration task to define a destination space, and selecting a solution (5b) therefrom by at least two operating elements of a display device (20), said solution determining type &
form of the circuit implementation as a result of the given integration task, and aggregating said plurality of electric and electronic components in one of a plurality of integration technologies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method of representing types &
- forms of circuit implementations comprising at least one layer for a given integration task comprising one of
an integrated circuit; a module on a 2-dimensional carrier substrate; and a compact module; wherein a plurality of electric or electronic components are spatially arranged and conductively connected to each other; storing a plurality of completed solutions in a database, each of the completed solutions includes a set of properties, and each set includes at least one of the following properties; a technology for integration; a package or installation size; a number of physical layers for conductors or lines in a vertical direction; and a line length or conductor path length; wherein the completed solutions as stored in the database define a destination space, wherefrom a solution is selected so as to be used in a real design space, and effecting a change from one solution in the destination space to another solution in the destination space, both being available in the database in a pre-calculated manner, and all of the pre-calculated solutions being part of the destination space, by selecting one of the properties from the set of properties of the another solution. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63)
- forms of circuit implementations comprising at least one layer for a given integration task comprising one of
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65. A Display Representation for influencing a select ion of a “
- type &
form of a circuit implementation”
in at least one layer for a given integration task for packaging, wherein a plurality of electric or electronic components (Bi, i=1 . . . n) are to be or are spatially arranged and conductively connected to each other;
having a database, a display device and several visibly represented operating elements (21,22), and(a) wherein a plurality of completed solutions of the given integration task are stored in the database to defines a destination space, selecting therefrom by view via the several visibly represented operating elements a solution that determines at least a first suitable type &
form of the circuit implementation as a result of the given integration task aggregating the plurality of electric and electronic components in one of a plurality of integration technologies;(b) representing the selected solution in a real design space, whereby an arrangement of the electric and electronic components aggregated in the integration technology is represented in an arranged manner in the at least one layer. - View Dependent Claims (66)
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Specification