Repeater blocks adjacent clusters of circuits

Details Repeater blocks adjacent clusters of circuits Repeater blocks adjacent clusters of circuits

1997-06-23

2000-08-29

Lintz, Paul R.

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor

Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design

716 14, 326 41, 326 82, G06F 1750, H03K 190175, H03K 19177, H01L 2500

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention organizes the circuits on a VLSI chip into clusters. A number of channels exist in-between the clusters. Blocks of repeaters are used in a linear array, and are placed adjacent the edges of the clusters where repeaters are estimated to be needed. The repeater cells themselves are preferably formed to have a width less than or equal to the width of a line track for routing lines such that an array of repeater cells can be lined up with an array of routing lines in a bus.

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