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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Kenneth Ferguson, Endicott, NY (US);
Randy Bishop, Endicott, NY (US);
Arnold Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Gilles Lamant, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Ferguson, Endicott, NY (US);
Randy Bishop, Endicott, NY (US);
Arnold Ginetti, Antibes, FR;
Gilles Lamant, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods to enable a user to edit subMaster content of selected instances of an electronic layout design, including editing the contents of selected instances of an existing subMaster of an EDA design, generating a new subMaster to incorporate the modified contents of the selected instances, and binding the new subMaster to the selected instances without losing the design hierarchy of the layout design.