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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Stephen J. Gaul, Melbourne Village, FL (US);
Inventor:
Stephen J. Gaul, Melbourne Village, FL (US);
Assignee:
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for laying out custom integrated circuits includes the steps of preliminarily laying out a custom integrated circuit using a plurality of libraried standardized programmed cells (p-cells). Buildcode representations are then assigned for each of a plurality of circuit components and features thereof to realize customization of at least a portion of the plurality of p-cells. A final layout of the custom integrated circuit is then generated using the buildcode representations.