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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Murat R. Becer, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Joao M. Geada, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Isadore T. Katz, Harvard, MA (US);
Lee LA France, Bolton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Murat R. Becer, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Joao M. Geada, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Isadore T. Katz, Harvard, MA (US);
Lee La France, Bolton, MA (US);
Assignee:
CLK Design Automation, Inc., Littleton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes grouping cells with similar topological characteristics into a family of cells, the topological characteristics being defined in part by topological layouts of transistors in the respective cells in the family of cells; and computing data characterizing a relationship between a variability of delay and a magnitude of delay shared among the cells in the family of cells.