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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2004
Randall P. Fry, Greenville, NC (US);
Gregory Pierce, Ashby, MA (US);
Juergen Lahner, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Randall P. Fry, Greenville, NC (US);
Gregory Pierce, Ashby, MA (US);
Juergen Lahner, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and computer program product for associating timing violations with critical structures in an integrated circuit design include steps of: (a) receiving as input an integrated circuit design; (b) identifying a critical structure in the integrated circuit design; and (c) generating as output a script for a static timing analysis tool that includes a timing check for a path having a start point at an input of the critical structure and an end point at an output of the critical structure.