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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David James Hathaway, Underhill Ctr., VT (US);
Douglas Wayne Kemerer, Essex Junction, VT (US);
William John Livingstone, Cambridge, VT (US);
Daniel Joseph Mainiero, Williston, VT (US);
Joseph Leonard Metz, South Burlington, VT (US);
Jeannie Therese Panner, Underhill, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 364490 ;
Abstract
A method for wiring IC chips such that electromigration criteria are met while minimizing the effect on overall chip wireability. A technique to optimize the width of automatically routed wire segments so that these widths are adequate to support the electromigration current on that net as a function of the capacitive loading of the net itself.