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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Leon J. Sigal, Monsey, NY (US);
James D. Warnock, Somers, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of generating a power grid to supply current to a plurality of cells of an integrated circuit includes routing an initial power grid representing a power usage estimate for the plurality of cells. The method also includes performing power grid analysis prior to routing of signal wires to make a determination of whether the initial power grid meets power requirements of the integrated circuit, and selectively modifying portions of the initial power grid based on the performing the power grid analysis to generate the power grid.