DESIGN FLOW OF CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING MENTOR GRAPHICS CAD TOOLS

Design flow and technique in many respects define quality and time cost of custom integrated circuits ’ realization. The design flow of digital custom integrated circuits using CAD tools of Mentor Graphics company is described in the paper. The features of the tools application and interaction of different software modules is presented. The specifications and recommendations on application of Mentor Graphics CAD tools for custom design presented in the paper allow rising the effectiveness of design and reducing time cost required for front-end design of integrated circuits