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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Christopher J. Berry, Hudson, NY (US);
Christopher M. Carney, Red Hook, NY (US);
David L. Rude, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eddy St. Juste, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Christopher J. Berry, Hudson, NY (US);
Christopher M. Carney, Red Hook, NY (US);
David L. Rude, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eddy St. Juste, Bridgeport, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a hierarchical semiconductor digital unit comprised of a plurality of macro functional logic blocks, each of said macro functional logic blocks comprised of a plurality of leaf cells, each of said leaf cells accessed via an input terminal and an output terminal, the improvement wherein locating each input terminal provides access to a single leaf cell at a legal location proximate the leaf cell to which the input terminal provides access.