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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Dinesh Baviskar, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Wen-hao Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-sheng Yuan, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Mark Shane Peng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yun-han Lee, Baoshan Township, TW;
Dinesh Baviskar, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Wen-Hao Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-Sheng Yuan, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Mark Shane Peng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yun-Han Lee, Baoshan Township, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method of designing an integrated circuit includes providing an integrated circuit design including a power network. A voltage drop mitigation system is provided, which includes a power strap enhancer configured to automatically find a source node and a terminal node in the power network. A redundant strap for the power network using the voltage drop mitigation system is added, wherein the redundant strap interconnects the source node and the terminal node. After the step of adding the redundant strap, dummy patterns may be added.