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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. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelm Carl Fischer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Thaddeus John Gabara, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A circuitry layout design allows more functional circuitry to be placed on an integrated circuit by placing functional circuitry on the unused silicon layer of the power I/O strip, which is located in the I/O ring surrounding the core of a processing integrated circuit. The functional circuitry placed on the power I/O strip can be shared by other I/O strips in order to conserve even more space.