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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Benjamin Mbouombouo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ramnath Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruggero Castagnetti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Mbouombouo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ramnath Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Ruggero Castagnetti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method incorporating adaptive body biasing into an integrated circuit design flow includes the steps of (A) adding adaptive body biasing input/outputs (I/Os) during a bonding layout stage of the integrated circuit design flow, (B) floorplanning the integrated circuit design, (C) generating an adaptive body biasing mesh and (D) generating a layout of the integrated circuit design based upon a plurality of adaptive body biasing corners.