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Software and systems for physical layout estimation

US8386978B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2012
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2119/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, a physical layout wire-load algorithm is used to generate a wire-load model based on physical data including aspect ratio and wire definitions defined in a physical library. The physical layout estimator is utilized to dynamically produce the physical layout wire-load model and to calculate net length and delay for each optimization iteration.

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