現代 VLSI 開發的后端設計人員面臨巨大的產品上市時間壓力，尤其是對物理驗證的過
程而言時間更是緊張。本文結合工程經驗闡述了物理驗證的步驟和原理，結合Synopsys 公司的物理驗證工具Hercules 的特點，提出了一種比較省時的物理驗證流程，已用于實際數字調制芯片設計并流片。
關鍵 詞：集成電路物理驗證 hercules 流程
A Time-saving physical verification method in VLSI design Shang Hui-bin Zhang Xiao-lin
(School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University，Beijing，100083，China)
Abstract:Nowadays in VLSI design , backend design engineers are facing a time pressure from RTL to gds because of
market competition, especially in physical verification field. Combination of practical experience, the paper
expounds the physical verification principles and structuring, and presents a time-saving flow employing Hercules
tools of Synopys corporation.
Key words: IC physical verification Hercules flow