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Field-effect transistor placement optimization for improved leaf cell routability

US10394994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Iris Maria Leefken · Waldenbuch, DE
Silke Penth · Holzgerlingen, DE
Michael Stetter · Fishkill, US
Tobias Werner · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2017
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2111/04
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processor-implemented method for automatically generating a layout of a cell of a semiconductor circuit is provided herein. The processor-implemented method includes reading a netlist of the cell. The netlist includes a description of internal electrical nets connecting electrical components of the cell with each other. The processor-implemented method assigning a weight to an internal net of the internal electrical nets and placing the electrical components in an area of the semiconductor circuit based on the netlist and the weight to generate the layout of the cell of the semiconductor circuit.

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