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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Arnold Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Jean-marc Bourguet, Puget sur Argens, FR;
Gerard Tarroux, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Laurent Chouraki, Antibes, FR;
Fabrice Morlat, Juans les Pins, FR;
Carole Perrot, Nice, FR;
Arnold Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Jean-Marc Bourguet, Puget sur Argens, FR;
Gerard Tarroux, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Laurent Chouraki, Antibes, FR;
Fabrice Morlat, Juans les Pins, FR;
Carole Perrot, Nice, FR;
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for maintaining synchronization between a plurality of layout clones of an integrated circuit design, wherein each layout clone comprises at least one figure. The method comprises tracking relationships between equivalent figures of the plurality of layout clones, wherein the plurality of layout clones are associated with one another within an equivalence group and propagating an edit made in one of the layout clones within an equivalence group to the other layout clones within the equivalence group.