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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kuoching Lin, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
716 14 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an improved method and apparatus for automatically locating the coordinated starting points of a differential pair is provided. In one embodiment, a profile of obstacles is constructed, wherein the obstacles are proximately situated adjacent to a first and second endpoint of a differential pair. A pair of coordinated starting points are determined, corresponding to the first and second endpoints, using the constructed profile. The coordinated starting points are used for routing the differential pair of traces in a coordinated manner.