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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Sang-kyu Oh, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Sang-hoon Baek, Seoul, KR;
Seung-young Lee, Incheon, KR;
Tae-joong Song, Seongnam-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) is provided as follows. A standard cell library is generated. The standard cell library includes characteristic information for a plurality of standard cells. The characteristic information includes a characteristic of each standard cell. A characteristic change region is detected. The characteristic change region includes at least one of the plurality of standard cells by comparing characteristics of standard cells to be placed adjacent to the characteristic change region, based on the standard cell library. A characteristic of the at least one standard cell included in the detected characteristic change region is changed to one of the characteristics of the standard cells to be placed adjacent to the characteristic change region to update the standard cell library. A plurality of standard cells of the updated standard cell library is placed.