Tape-out

Tape-out

Tape-out refers to the stage in the design process of an integrated circuit where the final design is transferred from a digital format to physical photomasks that are used in the fabrication process. It is called "tape-out" because historically, the design was transferred to magnetic tape before being transferred to the mask-making machines.From: Introduction to VLSI Systems [2019], Advanced VLSI Design and Testability Issues [2020], Electronic Design Automation for IC System Design, Verification, and Testing [2017]

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Published in Suman Lata Tripathi, Sobhit Saxena, Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra, Advanced VLSI Design and Testability Issues, 2020

Ananya Dastidar

Verilog-A in collaboration with Spice and Verilog HDL has proved to be an excellent synthesis and simulation tool for IC design engineers. Specification, simulation, and verification of mixed-signal designs have become easier. They allow portability, compactness, robustness, and rapid prototyping in hardware implementation before actual tape-out.

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Published in IETE Journal of Education, 2019

P V Ananda Mohan

In the paper “From design to tape-out in SCL 180nm CMOS Integrated Circuit Fabrication Technology” Joydeep Basu deals in detail with the complete steps involved from design to tape out of CMOS VLSI chips in the foundry at SCL, Chandigarh, India. We believe it to be informative to the students and designers especially of Analog VLSI chips who want to get their designs fabricated to assess the performance.

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