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Advanced Library Format
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<p> Advanced Library Format (ALF), also known as IEEE 1603 or IEC 62265, is an <a href="/facts/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers/UddC4pUW">IEEE</a> and <a href="/facts/International_Electrotechnical_Commission/hSK0kjwI">IEC</a> standard that describes a data <a href="/facts/Specification_language/vqNInfdh">specification language</a> for library elements used in <a href="/facts/ASIC/YGUXpX50">ASIC</a> design applications for <a href="/facts/Integrated_circuits/fjn6vg7C">integrated circuits</a>. ALF can model behavior, timing, power and noise, hot electron, <a href="/facts/Electromigration/0aEaCFf7">electromigration</a>, antenna effects, physical abstraction and physical implementation rules of library elements. </p> <ul><li><i>IEEE Standard for an Advanced Library Format (ALF) Describing Integrated Circuit (IC) Technology, Cells, and Blocks</i>. 2004. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109%2FIEEESTD.2004.94429">10.1109/IEEESTD.2004.94429</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7381-3833-9. <ul><li>IEC 62265:2005 <i>IEC/IEEE Standard for Advanced Library Format (ALF) describing integrated circuit (IC) technology, cells, and blocks (Adoption of IEEE STD 1603-2003)</i>. 2005. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109%2FIEEESTD.2005.339571">10.1109/IEEESTD.2005.339571</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 2-8318-8046-7.</li></ul></li></ul>