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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Ryan Matthew Korzyniowski, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Troy Horst Frerichs, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ryan Matthew Korzyniowski, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Troy Horst Frerichs, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A clock driver placement system and method are provided to place clock drivers in a standard cell block. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system is provided for placing clock drivers in a standard cell block. The system operates using logic that establishes an initial clock driver placement pattern, and logic that determines a number of clock drivers needed in the standard cell block to comply with a time specification. The system also includes a logic that adds clock drivers to the standard cell block using the initial clock driver placement pattern. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method establishes an initial clock driver placement pattern and determines a number of clock drivers needed in the standard cell block to comply with a time specification. Then, the clock drivers are added to the standard cell block using the initial clock driver placement pattern.