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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:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Joseph P. Kerzman, New Brighton, MN (US);
James E. Rezek, Mounds View, MN (US);
Mark D. Aubel, Essex Jct., VT (US);
Merwin H. Alferness, New Brighton, MN (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficiently selecting cells within a circuit design database. The invention includes four primary features for selecting cells including (1) selecting only those cells that are in a pre-identified region and within a pre-identified selection area; (2) maneuvering through the circuit design hierarchy and selecting cells or regions at selected levels of hierarchy by using predetermined up and down hot-keys; (3) sorting selected cells by instance name, and manually selecting a desired cell or region from the resulting sorted list; and (4) sorting selected cells by a corresponding net name, and manually selecting a desired cell or region from the resulting sorted list.
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