Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor – Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Siek, Vuthe (Department: 2825)
Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor
Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
C716S030000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07017131
ABSTRACT:
A method of replacing standard cells with high speed cells in the design of a circuit using a computer program, said application specific integrated circuit design comprising a plurality of high speed cells and a plurality of standard cells, said high speed cells and standard cells being arranged to form a plurality of paths on said application specific integrated circuit, said method comprising the steps of: timing said plurality of paths identifying cells occurring on paths for which timing targets are not met; upgrading at least one of said identified cells to a high speed cell.
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Siek Vuthe
STMicroelectronics Limited
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