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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H03K / ; H03K / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
716-8 ; 716 14 ; 326 41 ; 326 82 ;
Abstract
The present invention organizes the circuits on a VLSI chip into clusters. A number of channels exist in-between the clusters. Blocks of repeaters are used in a linear array, and are placed adjacent the edges of the clusters where repeaters are estimated to be needed. The repeater cells themselves are preferably formed to have a width less than or equal to the width of a line track for routing lines such that an array of repeater cells can be lined up with an array of routing lines in a bus.