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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Russell B. Segal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for datapath placement of irregular logic, while still allowing control of wire lengths. The method and apparatus allow use of a objective, called a directed placement objective, that causes a logic gate to be placed at or near a coordinate, such as an input or output pin connected to the gate.