ABSTRACT
Until recently, designs started from a schematic diagram. The schematic dia grams were the entry points to the design cycle for the designer. In the near future, the traditional work of a designer is about to change. Presently, a lot of research deals with the automatic generation of complex VLSI circuits from a high-level description. However, during the process of synthesis, schematic diagrams can still be very useful. They not only document the design, but also provide graphical feedback, insight in the design, for the designer. This makes the design process interactive. At several stages during the design, the designer interprets the schematic diagram, and if necessary, adjusts the process. However, when high level synthesis tools are used, a netlist is derived from the behavioral
description of the design. To be able to provide a graphical feedback from the synthesis system, an automatic schematic diagram generator is essential.
