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- Patent Title: Route generation and buffer placement for disjointed power domains in an integrated circuit
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Application No.: US15960373Application Date: 2018-04-23
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Publication No.: US10657302B1Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Xavier Devyldere , Arnaud Pedenon , Francois Silve
- Applicant: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G06F30/30 ; G06F30/394 ; G06F111/04 ; G06F111/20 ; G06F119/06

Abstract:
The present embodiments relate to buffering signals between disjointed power domains with similar power profiles in an integrated circuit. According to some aspects, embodiments relate to a method in which an electronic design automation (EDA) tool displays a schematic including a plurality of first power domains having a first power profile and a plurality of second power domains having a second power profile. The EDA tool generates graph including a plurality of points and a plurality of edges connecting the points, where the points are located on the plurality of second power domains. The EDA tool selects one route from a plurality of routes from a start node on the graph to an end node on the graph and determines a number of buffers located on the route based on associated distance values and a design violation values.
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