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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Thomas Valine, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for implementing repeaters in integrated circuit wire buses having a pre-determined wire pitch, such as a minimum wire pitch, are described. In one embodiment, a parameterized bus repeater circuit cell of variable length having a width of three times the wire pitch of the bus to be repeated is described. In another embodiment, a bus repeater circuit block having a plurality of individual bus repeater circuit cells is described. The embodiments of the present invention are readily adaptable to design implementations using computer-aided design tools to provide automated placement and array of the bus repeater circuit cells and bus repeater circuit blocks.