Patents Represented by Attorney Christopher P. Maiorans PC
  • Patent number: 7334206
    Abstract: A library cell, a method and/or a system for adding the cell to a circuit is disclosed. The method generally comprises a first step for generating a final layout of the cell having an area of interest in at least one upper layer within a first layer stack used for the circuit, the first layer stack including at most all of a plurality of physical layers available for fabrication. A second step may include placing the final layout in the circuit. A third step may route a network of the circuit through the cell using the at least one upper layer and avoiding the area of interest according to at least one of a plurality of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Dinter, Juergen Dirks, Roland Klemt