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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:
Jan. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazushi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ;
Abstract
A system is provided which has proved to be advantageous in avoiding electromigration-induced failure problem. Electric current density along a path along which a condutor line lies is determined by calculation. When the determined electric current density is not less than a predetermined value, a buffer is automatically inserted into the path.