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Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ralf Richter, Unterhausen, DE;

Lukas Daellenbach, Altdorf, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01); G06F 119/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01); G06F 2119/12 (2020.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method for a multi-layer integrated circuit routing tool connecting sources with nets to sinks in a hierarchical multi-layer integrated circuit design environment, the method including creating a cycle reach table containing a first set of information parameters for two dimensional nets per metal layer combination, creating a repeater reach table containing a second set of information parameters per constraint class, preparing a working list of nets, preparing a list of blocks larger than repeater reach dimensions, connecting a source pin to a sink pin on preassigned metal layers, by routing the net based on the given constraint class.


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