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Layout tools for analog ICs and mixed-signal SoCs: a survey
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Proceedings of the 2000 international symposium on Physical design table of contents
San Diego, California, United States
Pages: 76 - 83  
Year of Publication: 2000
ISBN:1-58113-191-7
Authors
Rob A. Rutenbar  Dept. of ECE, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John M. Cohn  IBM, Essex Junction, Vermont
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SIGDA: ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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Collaborative Colleagues:
Rob A. Rutenbar: colleagues
John M. Cohn: colleagues