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Record W2151538019 · doi:10.1109/cicc.1995.518134

BALLISTIC: an analog layout language

2002· article· en· W2151538019 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

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Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsComputer sciencePortingAssembly languageCode (set theory)Parameterized complexityGraphicsHigh-level programming languageElectronic circuitProgramming languageRouting (electronic design automation)Computer graphics (images)Electrical engineeringEmbedded systemEngineeringAlgorithmProgramming paradigmSoftware

Abstract

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A high-level language intended for analog layout is described. Code written in the language is compiled into the Mentor Graphics Lx language and executed in the GDT layout environment. The language allows analog circuits to be described hierarchically using objects such as transistors, differential-pairs, current-mirrors, and capacitor arrays as building-blocks (custom library objects are also supported). All objects are fully-parameterized and technology-independent, and placement and routing are specified relatively. Hence, circuits described in the language are easily ported to new technologies without changing code. The language is also concise. For example, a fully-parameterized op amp was described using 230 lines of BALLISTIC code, as compared to over 17,000 lines of Lx code.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.917
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

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Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

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Opus teacher head0.016
GPT teacher head0.207
Teacher spread0.192 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

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Published2002
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