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Method of designing an integrated circuit and computer program product

US9846758B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NXP USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Xavier Hours · Tournefeuille, FR
David M. Grochowski · Austin, US
Bernd Kastenmeier · Austin, US
Karl Wimmer · Meitingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 23, 2013
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of designing an integrated circuit is described. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of circuit components, including one or more functional components and one or more tile shapes. A pcell instance may be defined to specify a functional component along with one or more tile shapes. The tile shapes are thus associated with the functional component. A netlist may be arranged to specify interconnections between the functional components of the integrated circuit as well as electrical interactions between the tile shapes and functional components.A computer program product for carrying out the method is also described.

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