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Conception of a 3D circuit comprising macros

US10997346B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 2019
Grant dateMay 4, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2119/18
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of 3D circuit conception comprising: providing, to a circuit conception tool, circuit design files representing a 3D circuit design including one or more first circuit elements attributed to a first tier of the 3D circuit and one or more second circuit elements attributed to a second tier of the 3D circuit; modifying, by the circuit conception tool, a property of the one or more first and/or second circuit elements to permit any of the second circuit elements to superpose, or be superposed by, any of the first circuit elements; and performing, by the circuit conception tool, placement and routing of the 3D circuit design based on a 2D circuit representation, interconnection nodes of the one or more second circuit elements being defined in one or more interconnection levels of the 2D circuit representation.

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