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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Emery Beahm, Carmel, NY (US);
Terry Ivan Chappell, Portland, OR (US);
Rajiv Vasant Joshi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364491 ; 364490 ; 364489 ; 364488 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a technique, given a netlist containing a description of the terminal connections and the length and width of each device in a circuit, for automatically producing a layout for each device in that circuit.