EDA Tool Database for Circuit Design Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic design automation (EDA) tools are inefficient in optimizing the design of electronic systems, requiring numerous iterations and unable to concurrently compare multiple circuit designs, leading to suboptimal solutions and increased design time.
Innovation Solution
A method and tool that utilize a database of pre-calculated design solutions, allowing designers to navigate and select the best design based on abstract properties such as technology, number of layers, package size, and conductor length, enabling rapid comparison and optimization of electronic system designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional EDA tools are used to optimize circuit design, then design completeness can be achieved, but design time increases significantly and multiple iterations are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores multiple optimized circuit design solutions in a database before the actual design task. Each pre-calculated solution includes various design parameters such as component placement, routing, and layer configuration. When a design task is received, the system quickly retrieves and compares relevant pre-calculated solutions, eliminating the need for time-consuming iterative optimization while maintaining high design quality.
2Ease of operation
If conventional EDA tools work on a single design at a time, then detailed analysis is possible, but the ability to compare multiple design alternatives is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from single-design sequential processing to multi-design parallel comparison by adding a new dimension of design alternative evaluation. The database stores multiple design solutions with varying parameters, and the system provides graphical interfaces that enable designers to simultaneously compare multiple designs across different criteria (e.g., area, power consumption, performance), transforming the design selection process from sequential to comparative analysis.
3Manufacturing precision
If iterative design loops are used to establish and verify circuit designs, then design accuracy improves, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs design verification and optimization in advance by pre-calculating multiple design solutions with different configurations and parameters. These pre-verified solutions are stored in a database with their performance characteristics already evaluated. When a design task is received, the system retrieves relevant pre-verified solutions, eliminating the need for repeated iterative verification loops while maintaining high design accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and stores multiple copies of design solutions with varying parameters in a database. Instead of iteratively modifying a single design, designers can directly access and compare multiple pre-generated design copies that represent different optimization trade-offs. This copying approach allows simultaneous evaluation of multiple design alternatives, significantly increasing design throughput while maintaining accuracy.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for influencing the selection of a type and form of a circuit implementation in at least one layer in a given integration task for at least one integrated circuit in a wafer composite, a module on a 2-dimensional carrier substrate, or a compact module. In one embodiment, a plurality of electric or electronic components are spatially arranged and to be electrically connected. Completed solutions x are stored in a database, and each of the completed solutions includes properties for the given integration task. The completed solutions define a destination space from which a solution is selectable by operating elements and determines a type and form of 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.