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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Isadore T. Katz, Harvard, MA (US);

Joao M. Geada, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Leon Lafrance, Bolton, MA (US);

Ferenc Varadi, Worcester, MA (US);

Ahran Dunsmoor, Pepperell, MA (US);

James Kuzeja, Pepperell, MA (US);

Shiva Raja, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Isadore T. Katz, Harvard, MA (US);

Joao M. Geada, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Leon LaFrance, Bolton, MA (US);

Ferenc Varadi, Worcester, MA (US);

Ahran Dunsmoor, Pepperell, MA (US);

James Kuzeja, Pepperell, MA (US);

Shiva Raja, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Assignee:

CLK DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC., Littleton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5031 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for timing analysis of a circuit design includes, for each group of one or more instances of a cell of a cell library in the circuit design, determining timing related data for the group according to circuit context of the group in the design. The context includes at least one of a path depth, an output load, and an input slew rate. The determined timing related data are applied to analyze the circuit design.


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