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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Thanh Vuong, Milpitas, CA (US);
William H. Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
David C. Noice, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thanh Vuong, Milpitas, CA (US);
William H. Kao, Fremont, CA (US);
David C. Noice, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method, system, and article of manufacture for a one-pass approach for implementing metal-fill for an integrated circuit. Also disclosed is a method, system, and article of manufacture for implementing metal-fill that is coupled to a tie-off connection. An approach that is disclosed comprises a method, system, and article of manufacture for implementing metal-fill having an elongated shape that corresponds to the length of whitespace. Also disclosed is the aspect of implementing metal-fill that matches the routing direction. Yet another disclosure is an implementation of a place & route tool incorporating an integrated metal-fill mechanism.