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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Michael A. Riepe, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert M. Swanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy M. Burks, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lukas Van Ginneken, San Jose, CA (US);
Karen F. Vahtra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hamid Savoj, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael A. Riepe, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert M. Swanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy M. Burks, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lukas van Ginneken, San Jose, CA (US);
Karen F. Vahtra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hamid Savoj, Los Altos, CA (US);
Magma Design Automation, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for modeling integrated circuit designs in a hierarchical design automation system which utilizes a block abstraction including therein set of all database objects (cells, nets, wires, vias, and blockages) that are necessary to achieve accurate placement, routing, extraction, simulation, and verification of the block's ancestors in the hierarchy.