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Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hua Xiang, San Jose, CA (US);

Gustavo E. Tellez, Hyde Park, NY (US);

Gi-Joon Nam, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Jennifer Kazda, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 119/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 2119/12 (2020.01);
Abstract

A method for enhancing routability in a cell-based design includes: obtaining a layout corresponding to a placement of cells in the cell-based design; identifying one or more areas of the layout where routability is predicted to be constrained; selectively adding white spaces to the identified one or more areas of the layout where routability is predicted to be constrained to thereby generate a modified layout; legalizing placement of the modified layout; and running a detailed routing on the modified layout.


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