FIRGEN: a CAD system for automatic layout generation of high-performance FIR filter
Rajeev Jain, P.T. Yang, B.-Y. Chung, Chiang‐Ju Chien, Loke Kun Tan, T. Yoshino · 2002
A novel functional compiler, FIRGEN, for automatic generation of finite-impulse response (FIR) filters using custom and gate-array technologies is described. It consists of CAD tools to automate the entire design from filter specifications to final chip layout. The architecture and floorplan description generation by FIRGEN can be used to drive custom macrocell or gate-array place and route tools to generate the final layout. A unique feature of the compiler is that it uses architecture and floorplanning techniques that are targeted at FIR filters with sample rates in the region 10-100 MHz for video and digital communication applications. Results of three chips designed with FIRGEN are presented.>