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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joon Hyung Chung, San Marcos, CA (US);
Mikhail Popovich, Danville, CA (US);
Gudoor Reddy, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 23/52 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01); G06F 30/327 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); G06F 115/08 (2020.01); G06F 119/06 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/327 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H01L 23/5286 (2013.01); G06F 2115/08 (2020.01); G06F 2119/06 (2020.01);
Abstract
The place and route stage for a hard macro is modified to assign a more robust power-grid tier to a critical path for a hard macro and to assign a less robust power-grid tier to a remainder of the hard macro.