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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:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Vipin Kumar Tiwari, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vipin Kumar Tiwari, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Virage Logic Corp., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for approximating intrinsic capacitance of an integrated circuit (IC) block such as, for example, a compliable memory instance. Estimates of N-well capacitance, metal grid capacitance, and non-switching circuitry capacitance associated with the IC block are obtained. A total intrinsic capacitance of the IC block is then estimated based on the aforesaid constituent estimates.