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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Tamal Basu, New Delhi, IN;
Saurabh Gupta, Pin, IN;
Tahir Malik, Fremont, CA (US);
Hitesh Suri, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tamal Basu, New Delhi, IN;
Saurabh Gupta, Pin, IN;
Tahir Malik, Fremont, CA (US);
Hitesh Suri, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
DCG Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Enhanced algorithms are provided for finding circuit edit locations which utilize automated conversions from circuit schematic to physical layout design. The enhanced algorithms further include a user interface enabling the user to provide preferences, limitations, and constraints in order to bias the search to be conducted, as well as using the provided design data in order to locate the best positions for particular edit schemes, including net cuts and net joins.