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Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Chin-Hsiung Hsu, Taoyuan, TW;

Chun-Chih Yang, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 17/5077 (2013.01); G06F 17/50 (2013.01); G06F 17/5054 (2013.01); G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G06F 2217/08 (2013.01); G06F 2217/78 (2013.01); H03K 19/17728 (2013.01); H03K 19/17736 (2013.01); H03K 19/17756 (2013.01); H03K 19/17796 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for reducing congestion regions of an integrated circuit is provided. A placement of the IC is obtained, wherein the placement includes a signal path between a first macro module and a second macro module. The signal path passes through a routing area of the placement for transmitting a specific signal. A congestion region of the routing area is identified. The signal path includes at least one cell or routing path in the congestion region. A cost evaluation is obtained for each candidate position of the routing area by moving the cell or the routing path out of the congestion region. The cell is moved to the candidate position having a minimum cost evaluation among the cost evaluations. The placement and the routing paths are simultaneously updated according to the cell moved to the candidate position having the minimum cost evaluation.


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