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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew J. Amatangelo, Austin, TX (US);
Christopher M. Durham, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peter Juergen Klim, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 ;
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for automatically performing timing checks on a memory cell. A static timing tool is provided that includes multiple, different standard timing elements. Each standard timing element is associated with one or more standard timing checks. The memory cell is represented using one or more of the standard timing elements. Standard timing checks associated with the timing elements used to represent the memory cell are used to verify timing in the memory cell.