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    Lihong Zhang
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    Memorial University of Newfoundland
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    In this paper, we propose a fast template-based analog layout retargeting methodology, which can support general device abstraction and versatile device replacement. In order to achieve high efficiency, the original circuit devices are substituted by abstract devices during the retargeting process. The layout is then retargeted with the aid of a constraint graph, which can not only preserve the layout knowledge, but also tune the device placement by acute user-defined constraints. The retargeted abstract devices are finally replaced by parametrized cells (PCells) to generate the target layout. Our experimental results show that the abstract-device-inclusive retargeting process is much faster than the traditional layout retargeting scheme, and the proposed methodology is general to be applied to any basic analog building blocks and especially beneficial to the radio-frequency (RF) circuits.

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