The Standard Transistor Array (STAR) Part I-A Two-Layer Metal Semicustom Design System

The Standard Transistor Array (STAR) design system is a two-layer metal semicustom approach to generating random logic MOS digital circuits. The STAR design system is a part of the Large Scale Microelectronics Computer-Aided Design and Test (CADAT) system [1]. The STAR design automated system includes a STAR-PLACE automatic placement program, a STAR-COMPILE compiling program, a STAR-ROUTE automatic routing program, a STAR-PRINT display program, and the ARTWORK-MANART artwork generation program. The basic STAR array, array technologies, STAR logic cell design, STAR application software, and example STAR circuit layouts are discussed in this paper.