Gate Matrix Design Environment for Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuits
17 May 1989
An integrated set of gate matrix tools was developed for the physical implementation of GaAs IC circuits to demonstrate the capabilities of a new LSI GaAs pilot production line, partially supported by DARPA. Gate matrix is a symbolic layout style with orderly structures that includes the gates of the devices align in a single direction making it particularly suitable for GaAs design. The symbolic insulates the layout from changing design rules as the technology evolves.