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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:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Ekambaram Balaji, Portland, OR (US);
Cristian T. Crisan, Gresham, OR (US);
Inventors:
Ekambaram Balaji, Portland, OR (US);
Cristian T. Crisan, Gresham, OR (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for notification of a first new cell is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a first report for a circuit design comprising a plurality of first cells including the first new cell by executing a rule check on the circuit design, (B) comparing the first report with a database comprising a plurality of second cells already manufactured and (C) notifying a client of the first new cell in response to the first new cell not matching any of the second cells.