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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gyorgy Suto, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ;
Abstract
Detail routing using obstacle carving around terminals. A terminal in an integrated circuit layout object that is separated from an obstacle by less than a spacing specified by a design rule is identified. The obstacle is carved to reduce an area of the obstacle by an overlap between the obstacle and the terminal bloated by the spacing.