Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

Patrick Hyde

Charles S Yeh

Michael Thomas Hecker

Michael D Barry

Regis R Colwell

Tracy J Moffett

Akshat Shah

Timothy Rosek

Jeremiah Cessna

Khaled M Elgalaind

Pavlin B Entchev

Michael T Hecker

A method for placing and routing devices in a circuit layout is provided. The method includes determining devices to be placed in a circuit layout and a relative position of two devices in the circuit layout. In some embodiments, the method includes pre-routing channels in the circuit layout, determining routing trunk information from the pre-routed channels, and placing the two devices in the circuit layout based on the routing trunk information. Further, the method includes forming a first routing trunk along channels in the circuit layout, coupling the first routing trunk to one device of the two devices, and checking that a placement of a plurality of devices and the coupling the first routing trunk to one device of the plurality of devices meet a circuit layout specification. A computer system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing commands to execute the above method are also provided.

Method and apparatus for placement and routing of analog components

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Patrick Hyde