Trading propensity-based clustering of circuit elements in a circuit design
US7430699B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method utilize a clustering algorithm based upon trading propensity to generate assignments of circuit elements to clusters or groups to optimize a spatial distribution of the plurality of clusters. For example, trading propensity-based clustering may be used to assign circuit elements such as scan-enabled latches to individual scan chains to optimize the layout of the scan chains in a scan architecture for an integrated circuit design.
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