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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertrino, CA (US);
Haim Hauzi, Ramat Gan, IL;
Eran Tamari, Herzeliya Pituach, IL;
Per H. Hammarlund, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Redshaw, St Albans, GB;
Alfredo Kostianovsky, Tel Aviv, IL;
Idan Nissel, Petach-Tiqva, IL;
Leonid Gitelman, Yokneam, IL;
Oren Betzalel, Herzliya, IL;
Dalia R. Haim, Haifa, IL;
Lior Zimet, Kerem Maharal, IL;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A chip design methodology and a set of integrated circuits that are taped out from a common design database are disclosed. The area of a full instance of the integrated circuit is defined, and one or more chop lines are defined to identify portions that will be removed for one or more partial instances. A variety of techniques and mechanisms are defined to permit the tape outs to occur from a common design database, so that the effort to tape out partial instances may be minimized beyond that to tape out the full instance.