?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F590%2F&rft.title=Routing+for+analog+chip+designs+at+NXP+Semiconductors&rft.creator=van+den+Akker%2C+M&rft.creator=Beelen%2C+T&rft.creator=Bisseling%2C+R&rft.subject=Discrete&rft.subject=Information+and+communication+technology&rft.description=During+the+study+week+2011+we+worked+on+the+question+of+how+to+automate+certain+aspects+of+the+design+of+analog+chips.+Here+we+focused+on+the+task+of+connecting+different+blocks+with+electrical+wiring%2C+which+is+particularly+tedious+to+do+by+hand.+For+digital+chips+there+is+a+wealth+of+research+available+for+this%2C+as+in+this+situation+the+amount+of+blocks+makes+it+hopeless+to+do+the+design+by+hand.+Hence%2C+we+set+our+task+to+finding+solutions+that+are+based+on+the+previous+research%2C+as+well+as+being+tailored+to+the+specific+setting+given+by+NXP.%0D%0AThis+resulted+in+an+heuristic+approach%2C+which+we+presented+at+the+end+of+the%0D%0Aweek+in+the+form+of+a+protoype+tool.+In+this+report+we+give+a+detailed+account+of+the+ideas+we+used%2C+and+describe+possibilities+to+extend+the+approach.&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F590%2F1%2FAmst115.pdf&rft.identifier=++van+den+Akker%2C+M+and+Beelen%2C+T+and+Bisseling%2C+R++(2011)+Routing+for+analog+chip+designs+at+NXP+Semiconductors.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++