Patent · US Active

Integrated circuit chip with repeater flops and methods for automated design of same

US8607178B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

3References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stuart A. Taylor · Stevenage, GB
Victor Ma · Fremont, US
Bharat Patel · Princeton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2012
Grant date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) chip having repeaters for propagating signals along relatively long wires that extend between and among lower-level physical blocks of the IC chip, wherein the repeaters are implemented as clocked flip-flops (or “repeater flops”). A method for automatically inserting and allocating such repeater flops during the logical and physical design of the IC chip is also provided.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.