System and method for automated placement in custom VLSI circuit design with schematic-driven placement

A computer program product for automatically generating an electronic circuit layout with placed circuit elements, the computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code configured to receive a user provided schematic, the user provided schematic comprising a plurality of circuit elements, each circuit element comprising general parameters;
• computer usable program code configured to associate a plurality of first placement parameters with each of the plurality of circuit elements;
• computer usable program code configured to retrieve, from a design library, design parameters associated with at least one of the plurality of circuit elements;
• computer usable program code configured to select a subset of circuit elements;
• computer usable program code configured to receive placement inputs;
• computer usable program code configured to generate adjusted placement parameters based on a first placement algorithm, the received placement inputs, the first placement parameters, and the design parameters;
• computer usable program code configured to generate a first placed layout configuration based on the adjusted placement parameters;
• computer usable program code configured to assign absolute placement coordinates for each of the plurality of circuit elements based on the first placed layout configuration;
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• computer usable program code configured to generate an electronic circuit layout with placed circuit elements based on the absolute placement coordinates.

A hardware system, comprising:

• a layout tool configured to receive a user provided schematic, the user provided schematic comprising a plurality of circuit elements, each circuit element comprising general parameters;
• a design library comprising a plurality of design parameters;
• a placement parameter module comprising a plurality of placement parameters;
• wherein the layout tool is further configured to:
• retrieve, from the design library, design parameters associated with at least one of the plurality of circuit elements;
• associate a plurality of first placement parameters with each of the plurality of circuit elements;
• select a subset of circuit elements;
• receive placement inputs;
• generate adjusted placement parameters based on a first placement algorithm, the received placement inputs, the first placement parameters, and the design parameters;
• generate a first placed layout configuration based on the adjusted placement parameters;
• assign absolute placement coordinates for each of the plurality of circuit elements based on the first placed layout configuration;
• and
• generate an electronic circuit layout with placed circuit elements based on the absolute placement coordinates.