Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Zameer Iqbal

Dwarka Prasad

Amar Kumar Yadav

Indu Bala

An electronic design automation (EDA) tool generates first and second instances, which are different in at least one aspect, of a cell representing a device, allowing a user to initiate an abutment of the first and second instances in a layout canvas, reads a position and orientation of each of the first and second instances to be abutted from the layout canvas, evaluates the respective positions and orientations of the first and second instances, altering a component of one of the first and second instances based on the evaluation, and then automatically abuts the first and second instances following the alteration of the component of the one of the first and second instances.

Method and apparatus for abutting p-cell layout based on position and orientation

An electronic design automation (EDA) tool for adding a feature to a target parameterized cell (pcell) in an electronic circuit design includes a memory that stores the electronic circuit design, and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor defines a specification of an add-on pcell. The specification includes a feature to be added to the target pcell. The processor reads the properties associated with the target pcell and generates the add-on pcell based on its specification and the properties of the target pcell. The add-on pcell then is instantiated and bound to the target pcell, which adds the feature to the target pcell.

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