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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Ping-san Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ping-San Tzeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atoptech, Inc., Santa Clara, 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
Modifying a hierarchical circuit design includes accessing hierarchical circuit data in the hierarchical circuit design; performing timing analysis and modifications on a selected portion of the hierarchical circuit data to achieve inter-block timing closure; and performing timing analysis and modifications on the hierarchical circuit data, while accounting for a modification made on the selected portion of the hierarchical circuit data, to achieve intra-block timing closure.