Realtek Semiconductor Inc.

Yun-Ru Wu

Shu-Yi Kao

Chia-Jung Hsu

Hsin-Chang Lin

Yun-Chih Chang

Chien-Cheng Liu

Cheng-Chen Huang

Li-Yi Lin

Chih-Chan Chen

A power rail design method is disclosed that includes the steps outlined below. A plurality of power rails and a plurality of power domains corresponding thereto in an integrated circuit design file are identified. A design rule check for a plurality of circuit units in the integrated circuit design file is performed to retrieve a plurality of non-violating circuit regions that correspond to the power rails in each of the power domains. The power rails corresponding to at least part of the plurality of non-violating circuit regions in the integrated circuit design file are widened to occupy at least part of the non-violating circuit regions for the plurality of power rails.

Power rail design method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium thereof

A circuit structure is electrically connected to a power source. The circuit structure includes a first circuit module and a second circuit module. The first circuit module includes a first module power switch and a plurality of circuits. The first module power switch is electrically connected to the power source. The first circuit module has a first module current. The second circuit module includes a second module power switch and a plurality of circuits. The second power switch is electrically connected to the power source. The second circuit module has a second module current. A turn-on order of the first module power switch and the second power switch is determined based on the first module current and the second module current.

Circuit structure and power-on method thereof

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yun-Ru Wu