电子设计自动化基础（英文版）——经典原版书库

本书介绍了学习EDA所需的内容，从而揭开了这个高技术产业的神秘面纱。书中以友好、非正式的方式介绍EDA商业和技术，其内容对非专业读者足够清晰，对专业读者足够详细。本书面向EDA、半导体或相关产业中负责销售、市场、公关、法规、金融等的非技术人员，同时也可以作为VLSI设计中的交叉学科工程、商业和市场课程的优秀补充教材。
　　在本书中，经验丰富的产业领导者Mark Birnbaum简单而清晰地介绍了EDA要解决的设计问题、解决问题的工具、应用工具的设计者以及使得EDA成为电子产品和芯片设计关键的因素。另外，本书提供了供新入行者参考的丰富的附录，包括电子、半导体制造、计算和通用计量方面的入门资料、参考资源和完整的缩略语术语表。
本书的主要特点
●解释EDA是如何适合电子产品和半导体产业的。
●从工具使用者和EDA软件开发者的角度研究EDA产业，包括商业模型、投资回报和工具评
价。
●包括定义IC作用的电子系统级工具、设计IC行为的前端功能性芯片级工具、实现IC物理布
局的后端设计工具。
●讨论EDA产业的趋势和IC设计问题，包括深亚微米的挑战、知识产权和片上系统。
●包括EDA标准组织和出版物。

　　Mark D. Birnbaum 分别在普林斯顿大学和东北大学获得BSEE和MSEE学位。作为EDA的使用者、管理者、开发者和工具制造者，他对这个主题具有独特的权威性。Birnbaum在九大计算机、半导体、EDA和研究组织 (包括国家半导体级设计系统和富士通微电子公司) 的经验跨越了从系统产品到IC芯片的电子学设计领域。他在工程管理、咨询、R&D、产品开发、测试和市场方面担任高级职务，带领两个标准小组，并教授微电子学和EDA课程。

Preface iii
Chapter 1 Introduction to EDA.
Introduction.
Electronic Products.
Printed Circuit (PC) Boards.
Integrated Circuits.
CAD, CAM, CAE, and EDA.
Data, Signals, and Input/Output.
Electronic Product Development.
EDA Party—Users and Tools.
System Design.
Logic Design.
ASIC Design.
Physical Layout Design.
EDA Benefits.
Summary.
Chapter 2 The Business of EDA.
Introduction.
EDA User Return on Investment.
EDA Vendor Return On Investment.
EDA Tool Development Sources.
In-house/Out-source EDA Tool Development.
The Time-to-Market Competition.
EDA Business Models.
New EDA Tools.
Licensing Models.
Mergers and Acquisitions.
Application Service Provider Model.
Design Services Business.
EDA Industry Growth.
Relative Industry Sizes: EDA, IC, Electronics.
Relative Risk Factor.
EDA People and Conferences.
People Opportunities.
Key Conferences.
Summary.
Quick Quiz.
Chapter 3 The User Perspective.
Chapter 4 Overview of EDA Tools and Design Concepts.
Chapter 5 Electronic System-Level Design Tools.
Chapter 6 Front-end Design Tools.
Chapter 7 Back-end Design Tools (Physical Design).
Chapter 8 Trends.
Appendix A: Elementary Electricity.
Appendix B: Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Appendix C: Signals to Software.
Appendix D: Metrics.
Appendix E: References.
Appendix F: ICs, IP, and SoC.
Appendix G: Glossary-Terms and Acronyms.
Index.

PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK The tremendous increase in the use of tiny electronic devices is common knowledge. We find them everywhere today, in cars, household appliances, telephones, music, and business equipment. The typical car or house uses dozens of them. These devices are called microchips or integrated circuits (ICs). Today a single IC can do more than an entire roomful of equipment just a decade ago. Integrated circuits are small enough to hold in your hand, yet contain millions of tiny electronic components. Engineers create detailed ..