Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power grid healing techniques
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Application No.: US15418602Application Date: 2017-01-27
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Publication No.: US10417371B2Publication Date: 2019-09-17
- Inventor: Karen Lee Delk , Marlin Wayne Frederick, Jr. , Ravindra Narayana Rao
- Applicant: ARM Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Pramudji Law Group PLLC
- Agent Ari Pramudji
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
Various implementations described herein are directed to an apparatus. The apparatus may include a region identifier module that receives a floorplan of an integrated circuit, identifies a standard cell region between already placed functional blocks of the floorplan, and sub-divides the standard cell region into multiple sub-regions. The apparatus may include a region analyzer module that analyzes each sub-region of the multiple sub-regions to determine a number of already placed power straps that exist within a boundary of each sub-region. The apparatus may include a strap placement module that inserts one or more additional power straps in each sub-region based on user defined parameters for each sub-region, if it is determined that the number of already placed power straps is inconsistent with the user defined parameters for each sub-region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180218107A1 Power Grid Healing Techniques Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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