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Portions from Application-Specific Integrated Circuits Copyright © 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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ASIC LIBRARY 
DESIGN

Once we have decided to use an ASIC design style—using predefined and precharacterized cells from a library—we need to design or buy a cell library. Even though it is not necessary a knowledge of ASIC library design makes it easier to use library cells effectively.