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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
David Mallon, Aberdour, SC;
Gilles Lamant, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kenneth Ferguson, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Stewart, Edinburgh, GB;
Kenneth Mackie, Edinburgh, GB;
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In the context of electronic design automation and particularly circuit layout design software tools, systems and methods for incremental chaining of circuit devices (or, more generally, 'figures,' which can include instances and pins) permit user-interactive abutment and placement. Selection of one or more anchor figures highlights chaining candidates which can be automatically chained to the anchor figure(s) upon selection, as with a single mouse click. As compared to manual interactive abutment or automatic batch-mode chaining, incremental chaining offers improved usability, reduced manual effort, and the opportunity for user interaction as a chain is constructed, because the user is permitted interventions at any point in the chaining process for altering device parameters or characteristics.