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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Minsik Cho, Austin, TX (US);
Zhigang Pan, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Minsik Cho, Austin, TX (US);
Zhigang Pan, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for performing global routing on an integrated circuit design is disclosed. The integrated circuit design is initially divided into multiple G-cells. The G-cells are interconnected by a set of nets. The set of nets is then decomposed into corresponding wires. The wires are prerouted to interconnect the G-cells. BoxRouting is performed on the wires until all the wires are routed. Finally, postrouting is performed on the wires.