Layout design method, layout design apparatus, and computer product
First Claim
1. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein a circuit layout design computer program that causes a computer to execute:
- determining a wiring block of a plurality of signal paths that connect a plurality of cells connected through a plurality of adjacent nets, whereinthe determining is based on at least one of a slack value, a signal arrival time, arrangement coordinates of a starting point terminal and an ending point terminal, a name, an angle, and a schematic wiring path included in information concerning the adjacent nets.
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Abstract
An apparatus for designing the layout of a circuit includes an acquiring unit, a determining unit, a specifying unit, an arranging unit, a modifying unit, and a routing unit. Based on net information acquired by the acquiring unit, the determining unit determines a wiring block of signal paths connecting cells connected through adjacent. The arranging unit arranges a wiring area between the cells that extends along user-specified reference points or user-specified reference segments received by the specifying unit. The modifying unit modifies the arranged wiring area and the routing unit routes the signal paths of the wiring block in the modified wiring area.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-readable recording medium storing therein a circuit layout design computer program that causes a computer to execute:
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determining a wiring block of a plurality of signal paths that connect a plurality of cells connected through a plurality of adjacent nets, wherein the determining is based on at least one of a slack value, a signal arrival time, arrangement coordinates of a starting point terminal and an ending point terminal, a name, an angle, and a schematic wiring path included in information concerning the adjacent nets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A circuit layout design method comprising:
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determining a wiring block of a plurality of signal paths that connect a plurality of cells connected through a plurality of adjacent nets, wherein the determining is based on at least one of a slack value, a signal arrival time, arrangement coordinates of a starting point terminal and an ending point terminal, a name, an angle, and a schematic wiring path included in information concerning the adjacent nets. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A circuit layout design apparatus comprising:
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a determining unit that determines a wiring block of a plurality of signal paths that connect a plurality of cells connected through a plurality of adjacent nets, wherein the determining unit determines based on at least one of a slack value, a signal arrival time, arrangement coordinates of a starting point terminal and an ending point terminal, a name, an angle, and a schematic wiring path included in information concerning the adjacent nets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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