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Analog layout module generator and method

US7543262B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2005
Grant dateJun 2, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/36
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a computer implemented method of device layout in an integrated circuit design an array having a plurality of cells is selected and stored in a memory of a computer. A schematic view of a plurality of interconnected circuit devices of a circuit is displayed on the computer's display. One or more of the circuit devices of the displayed schematic view are selected by a user. Responsive to the selection of each circuit device, a processing means of the computer populates an empty cell of the array in the memory of the computer with a corresponding layout instance of the circuit device, wherein each layout instance represents a physical arrangement of material(s) that form the corresponding selected circuit device.

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