Encapsulating parameterized cells (pcells)

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2007-11-06

2007-11-06

Kik, Phallaka (Department: 2825)

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor

Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design

C716S030000, C716S030000, C703S014000

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10613403

ABSTRACT:
A method for encoding elements of an electronic design generates a flattened hierarchy of a parameterized cell of the electronic design, selects common and unique parameters of each element in the parameterized cell, and generates a physical design quantization characteristic value from the selected common and unique parameters.

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