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Circuit designing apparatus, circuit designing method and timing distribution apparatus

US6618834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/839
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit designing apparatus includes a circuit information database to store information regarding a circuit, an automatic designing processing section to read out the information regarding the circuit from the circuit information database and designing the circuit for each predetermined unit to be processed, and a design information database to store design information obtained by the automatic designing processing section and including peculiarizing information of circuit elements, change history information representative of a history of changes of the circuit and terminal load and driving capacity information of the circuit. The circuit designing apparatus allows a desired circuit to be automatically produced, regenerated or optimized.

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