The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuki Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Makiko Iwanabe, Shimizu, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364491 ; 364490 ; 364489 ; 364488 ;
Abstract
For the purpose of satisfying placement constraint prescribed by design rule data, a region to which a plurality of circuit elements appertain is displayed in such a way that this region is moved to such a position as to environ a part of the circuit elements and at the same time is superposed on a layout graph thereof. The placement of the circuit elements is updated such that some elements placed outside the foregoing region among all the circuit elements are made to enter this region.