The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2019
Applicant:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yi-Xiao Ding, Austin, TX (US);

Wing-Kai Chow, Austin, TX (US);

Gracieli Posser, Austin, TX (US);

Mehmet Can Yildiz, Austin, TX (US);

Zhuo Li, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments provide for circuit design routing based on parallel run length (PRL) rules. In particular, a plurality of PRL rules is accessed and used to generate a set of additional routing blockages around an existing routing blockage of the circuit design. The additional routing blockages can be positioned relative to the existing routing blockage. During routing, the set of additional routing blockages can be modeled into a capacity map, which is then used by global to generate routing guide(s) between at least two nodes of the circuit design. In doing so, the various embodiments can assist in routing a wire while avoiding violation of the plurality of PRL rules with respect to the existing blockage, can speed up performance of global routing, can make it easier for detailed routing to honor routing guides produced by global routing, and can speed up performance of detailed routing in resolving DRC violations.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…