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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Gael Paul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Mcelvain, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gael Paul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth McElvain, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed systems and processes for optimizing circuit descriptions by reducing clock skew, re-organizing and/or converting gated and generated clock circuits, and reconnecting clock nets and other related nets. A transformed circuit design may be produced from an initial circuit design and having a reduced number of secondary clocks and a reduced amount of clock skew.