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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:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshito Nishimichi, Higashiosaka, JP;
Satoshi Ogura, Moriguchi, JP;
Shinji Ozaki, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Tokunoh, Settsu, JP;
Akira Miyoshi, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Kasuga, Shiga-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 221 ; 371 211 ; 365 63 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a functional block realizing at least part of a function of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The functional block includes a plurality of basic cells and a plurality of terminal cells. Each of the plurality of terminal cells has a connector for mediating a communication between another semiconductor integrated circuit and one of the plurality of basic cells.