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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Pavan Vithal Torvi, Bangalore, IN;
Girishankar Gurumurthy, Chennai, IN;
Dharin N Shah, Kundalahalli, IN;
Ajith Harihara Subramonia, Bangalore, IN;
Pavan Vithal Torvi, Bangalore, IN;
Girishankar Gurumurthy, Chennai, IN;
Dharin N Shah, Kundalahalli, IN;
Ajith Harihara Subramonia, Bangalore, IN;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Improving routability of an integrated circuit (IC) design without impacting the area is described. A local region of congestion of an IC design is determined according to a design parameter. A cell with a specified level of complexity is identified within the local region of congestion. An alternative cell is algorithmically created with a same logic function as the cell by adding an access point to the alternative cell. The cell is then replaced with the alternative cell within the local region of congestion.