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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Xavier Hours, Tournefeeuille, FR;
David M. Grochowski, Austin, TX (US);
Bernd E. Kastenmeier, Austin, TX (US);
Karl Wimmer, Austin, TX (US);
Xavier Hours, Tournefeeuille, FR;
David M. Grochowski, Austin, TX (US);
Bernd E. Kastenmeier, Austin, TX (US);
Karl Wimmer, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of designing an integrated circuit is described. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of circuit components, including one or more functional components and one or more tile shapes. A pcell instance may be defined to specify a functional component along with one or more tile shapes. The tile shapes are thus associated with the functional component. A netlist may be arranged to specify interconnections between the functional components of the integrated circuit as well as electrical interactions between the tile shapes and functional components. A computer program product for carrying out the method is also described.