A TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO IC DESIGNA TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO IC DESIGN Chris Browy Glenn Gullikson Mark Indovina INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN METHODOLOGY GUIDE Draft - January 1997 v1.1 A Top-Down Approach To IC Design v1.1 Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Chris Browy, Glenn Gullikson, Mark Indovina. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license can be found in Appendix B. A current copy of the license can be downloaded from http://www.gnu.org. Preface Overview ...................................................................................................1 Organization o……