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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Hartoog, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James A Rowson, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364491 ; 364490 ;
Abstract
A process for producing placement information for layouts of circuit elements of networks that are initially represented by netlists such that datapaths can be advantageously placed into a regular array. In one preferred embodiment, the method includes steps of encoding datapath information in instance names of a netlist generated by a datapath compiler; using the encoded datapath information for defining partitioned areas that preserve datapaths; and generating circuit layouts from the netlist, which layouts contain floor plans of the datapaths.