Universal Methodology to Handle Differential Pairs during Pin Assignment
Abstract
Differential signaling has been a major challenge in
design automation. The routing of differential pairs requires a suitable
pin assignment of the respective nets. However, current automatic pin
assignment algorithms lack the ability to consider differential pairs.
We present a methodology to include differential pairs during pin
assignment. Our solution can be applied to automatic or manual pin
assignment processes without changing the methodologies already in
place. This universality is achieved by using any established pin
assignment approach as a black box, which is extended by pre and post
processing steps. Extensive studies in industrial design flows show that
our differential pair methodology does not compromise pin assignment
quality with the added benefit of effective differential pair
allocations.
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