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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
David Wolpert, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Matthew T. Guzowski, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Michael Hemsley Wood, Wilmington, DE (US);
Leon Sigal, Monsey, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for generating an updated power delivery network. Generating the power delivery network includes determining power characteristics for a power delivery network of a circuit design based on logic cells of the circuit design. The power delivery network includes power wires and power staples connecting pairs of the power wires to each other. Further a first one or more of the power staples is remove from the power delivery network based on the power characteristics. Signal wires for the logic cells are routed after removing the first one or more of the power staples. Routing the signal wires includes routing a first signal wire of the signal wires in a routing track corresponding to the first one or more of the power staples.