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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
LI J. Song, Fremont, CA (US);
Zhan-zhong Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Rachid Salik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hao Ji, San Jose, CN;
Taber Smith, Saratoga, CA (US);
Li J. Song, Fremont, CA (US);
Zhan-Zhong Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Rachid Salik, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hao Ji, San Jose, CN;
Taber Smith, Saratoga, CA (US);
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for performing RC extraction from the perspective of the block level. A translation mechanism is employed to convert from a full-chip design domain to a block-level design domain. This allows model-based prediction results to be used in the early design implementation flow when parasitic RC and timing extractions are performed, where the model-based prediction results relate to predictions of manufacturing variations such as thickness and topography.