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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:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel R. Cronin, III, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Ricardo Fernandez, Miami Beach, FL (US);
Richard J. Swindlehurst, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
In operation, a standard cell library having diode place-holders (,) associated with standard cell inputs (,) is used to design a standard cell-based semiconductor device. Each standard cell in the standard cell-based semiconductor device is analyzed to determine if its standard cell inputs (,) will be connected to a conductive element (,) during processing that can accumulate a charge. When a conductive element (,) that can accumulate charge is identified, the diode place-holder (,) associated with its standard cell input (,) is replaced with a diode (,).