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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
George D. Gristede, Katonah, NY (US);
Wei Hwang, Armonk, NY (US);
Christophe Robert Tretz, Riverdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically tuning object sizes in an integrated circuit includes the steps of providing a circuit having objects disposed therein, inputting equations associated with the objects to provide a relationship between a size of the object and timing information of signals transmitted between the objects, extracting transition times of the signals transmitted between objects by simulating the circuit in operation by evaluating the equations and adjusting the sizes of the objects in the circuit according to the timing information and the transition times until user defined criteria are achieved for the circuit. Systems are also provided to carry out the method.