Method and system for layout and schematic generation for heterogeneous arrays

US5734582A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Allan Robert Bertolet · Williston, US
• Kim P. N. Clinton · South Burlington, US
• Scott Whitney Gould · South Burlington, US
• Frank Ray Keyser, III · Colchester, US
• Timothy Shawn Reny · Underhill Center, US
• Terrance John Zittritsch · Williston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1995
• Grant date: Mar 31, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F30/39
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for defining, placing and routing kernels for a family of integrated circuits is provided. The integrated circuits are defined using repeatable row and column circuit types. Kernels are defined by the intersections of the row and column circuit types in the array. The kernels are placed and routed automatically for each member of the family of integrated circuit arrays, each member being generally characterized by a different size, i.e., a different number of repeatable row or column circuit types.