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Functional reactive PCells

US10460069B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignees

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. · US
Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas H. Burdick · Deerfield, US
Peter Herth · Weiling, DE
Göran Jerke · Stuttgart, DE
Christel Bürzele · Stuttgart, DE
Daniel Marolt · Stuttgart, DE
Vinko Marolt · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/39
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic design automation systems and methods for functional reactive parameterized cells (FR-PCells) are described. In one embodiment, a PCell includes a reactive parameter that is based on context information regarding other cells or elements of an overall circuit design. Processing of the FR-PCell may then depend on processing of other PCells or other elements of a circuit design. Similarly, an FR-PCell may provide context information to other FR-PCells. In some embodiments, processing of an FR-PCell to generate an instance of the FR-PCell is managed by a reaction engine that monitors updates to context information or other PCells to automatically adjust instances of the FR-PCells.

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