Layouts with routes with different widths in different directions on the same layer, and method and apparatus for generating such layouts
US7096449B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/394
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of routing nets in a multi-layer integrated-circuit (“IC”) layout. For a particular net, the method specifies widths for routing the particular net in different directions on the same layer. It then defines a particular route for the particular net, where the route has different widths in the different directions on the same layer.
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