Chen et al., 2010 - Google Patents

Multi-layer floorplanning for stacked ICs: Configuration number and fixed-outline constraints

Chen et al., 2010

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7489392173788264444
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Chen S
Yoshimura T
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3-D (stacked device layers) ICs can significantly alleviate the interconnect problem coming with the decreasing feature size and is promising for heterogeneous integration. In this paper, we concentrate on the configuration number and fixed-outline constraints in the …
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