Automatic Standard Cell Layout Generator Integrated with Design Expertise

Standard cell library plays a crucial role in the efficient and reliable design of integrated circuits, but layout design of standard cell library remains challenging in industry today due to the complex design and time-to-market constraint. In this work, an automatic standard cell layout generator integrated with design expertise is presented. Existing layout experience is extracted and utilized for device placement. Additionally, to solve the multiple constraints for standard cell routing, an expertise-driven hybrid routing algorithm is developed and illustrated. Experimental results show that proposed layout generator can produce competitive standard cell layouts with quality comparable to expert's design from industry.