Methods and apparatus for defining Manhattan power grid...

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2006-02-21

2006-02-21

Lin, Sun James (Department: 2825)

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor

Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design

C716S030000, C716S030000, C716S030000, C716S030000, C716S030000, C716S030000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07003748

ABSTRACT:
A method for defining and producing a power grid structure of an IC that minimizes the area of the power grid structure area and the diagonal wiring blockage caused by the power grid structure while still meeting design constraints. A power grid planner is used to determine dimensions and locations of power grid components for each IC layer using a power grid formula, an objective for the power grid formula, a set of constraints, and a set of parameters. The method also includes processes of a power grid router, power grid verifier, and global signal router that are used iteratively with processes of the power grid planner to continually refine the dimensions and locations of the power grid components until the power grid structure meets design constraints and until global signal routing is successful on each layer of the IC.

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