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Automatic layout program for hybrid microcircuits (HYPAR)

US4500963A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

David C. Smith · Columbia, US
Richard Noto · Maple Shade, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 1982
Grant date	Feb 19, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F30/394
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program for the fully automatic layout of hybrid microcircuits. he program, under certain options, guarantees one-hundred percent routing connectivity for components ranging from discretes to VLSI. Special features such as bottom-up or top-down routing, sequential level routing and user-defined grid spacing provide extensive design flexibility.

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