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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cheng-Liang Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiabi J Zhu, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Valley Research, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364491 ; 364489 ; 364490 ;
Abstract
The invention quickly produces a dense layout for an integrated circuit that enables a smaller die to be used to implement the integrated circuit than would otherwise be the case, resulting in a desirable size reduction in the final packaged integrated circuit. The invention combines routing space estimation and adjustment (a technique similar to channel-based global routing) with area-based detailed routing, resulting in an approach that provides the benefits of both channel-based and area-based layout techniques while minimizing the disadvantages of those techniques.