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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:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Steven Teig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oscar Buset, Morges, IT;
Inventors:
Steven Teig, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oscar Buset, Morges, IT;
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method of routing nets in a region of an integrated-circuit layout. This method initially identifies a characteristic of the region, and then selects a wiring model from a set of wiring models, based on the identified characteristic. Each wiring models specifies a set of routing directions. The method then routes the nets based on the selected wiring model.