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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Jonathan W. Byrn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark F. Turner, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey S. Brown, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan W. Byrn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark F. Turner, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey S. Brown, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to redistribute current demand is presented. The method includes a first step of determining timing arc data for one or more timing arcs of a circuit design. The method includes a second step of checking the timing arc data for delay shift target cells. The method includes a further step of swapping a delay shift target cell with a delay shift cell.