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Method and apparatus for the design of a circuit

US5859776A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1996
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/327
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In automated design, a useful insertion of a delay buffer or an increase in the delay time of the critical path could not been prevented. When inserting a logic element between two certain points on the circuit, substitution of other paths passing through the relevant insertion position is considered and the insertion position of the logic element is determined finally.

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