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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin C Cleereman, Moundsview, MN (US);
Kenneth E Merryman, Fridley, MN (US);
Steve D Thatcher, Hugo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39550004 ; 39550011 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for incrementally optimizing a circuit design. The present invention provides an iterative EDA process that only requires the optimization, placement and routing of the actual changes made during a each design iteration, and leaves the remainder of the circuit design in a fixed state.