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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Preeti Kapoor, Noida, IN;
Hui Xu, Wexford, PA (US);
Hongzhou Liu, Sewickley, PA (US);
Sravasti G. Nair, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/31 (2020.01); G06F 30/3308 (2020.01); G06N 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/31 (2020.01); G06F 30/3308 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06N 3/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved approach to implement analog or mixed-signal designs. A method, system, and computer program product are provided to fully automate the analog placement step using a virtual grouping methodology which considers variable components and uses a genetic placement algorithm to find the best placement solution which fully respects the analog constraints defined by a user or auto identified by a tool.