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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Peter Dahl, Cupertino, CA (US);
Byron Dickinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Margie Levine, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Rodman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Reshape, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for implementing a user interface for performing physical design operations on an integrated circuit netlist. The method includes the step of accessing vertical and horizontal dimensions of an area of an integrated circuit netlist. A grid for power and ground lines of the integrated circuit netlist is then accessed. A view of the grid is presented to a user, wherein the view is provided by a computer display. A plurality of blocks of cells of the integrated circuit netlist are accessed, with each block representing circuit components to be realized in physical form. The dimensions of the plurality of blocks are snapped to the grid such that the dimensions of the blocks align with the grid.