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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Chaeryung Park, Saratoga, CA (US);
Henry Sheng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Chaeryung Park, Saratoga, CA (US);
Henry Sheng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Roughly described, a method for synthesizing a circuit design from a logic design includes developing candidate solutions for a particular signal path, a first candidate solution identifying a first library cells followed immediately downstream thereof by a first set of zero or more buffers, and a second candidate solution identifying a second library cell followed immediately downstream thereof by a second set of zero or more buffers, the first library cell and first set of buffers in combination being different from the second library cell and second set of buffers in combination. The computer system selects among the candidate solutions at least in part in dependence upon sensitivity of the solution to load capacitance in the particular path, and stores the selected solution in the storage for subsequent use in further developing and fabricating an integrated circuit device.