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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2010
Kelageri Nagaraj, San Diego, CA (US);
Satish K. Raj, San Diego, CA (US);
Venugopal Sanaka, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghavendra C. Dasegowda, San Diego, CA (US);
Kelageri Nagaraj, San Diego, CA (US);
Satish K. Raj, San Diego, CA (US);
Venugopal Sanaka, San Diego, CA (US);
Raghavendra C. Dasegowda, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of reducing the number of hold violations in an integrated circuit comprises: determining a segment, wherein the segment is a connection between a plurality of points; associating at least one path with each segment, wherein the path is a connection of points including a starting point and an endpoint; determining a weight for at least one said segment, wherein the weight is determined by a number of paths associated with the at least one said segment; ranking the segments in a matrix based upon the determined weight associated with at least one of the segments; and inserting a buffer at least one of the segments based upon said ranking.