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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING HIERARCHICAL PARAMETERIZED CELL (PCELL) DEBUGGING ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20130298092A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2012
  • Published: 11/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for establishing a debugging user interface for a cell within an interdependent hierarchy of cells in an integrated circuit (IC) layout, comprising:

  • establishing a data store of source code portions, each source code portion defining at least part of a cell;

    actuating a user interface to accept a user selection of at least one cell in an integrated circuit (IC) layout, the layout including at least one hierarchical cell having a hierarchy of subordinate cells formed therein, each subordinate cell being collectively defined by a corresponding source code portion in the data store and at least one parametric component derived from at least one other cell within the hierarchy;

    actuating a computer processor to;

    identify a source code portion corresponding to the selected cell;

    establish a breakpoint, responsive to the user selection, at a predetermined location of the source code portion corresponding to the selected cell;

    execute a set of source code portions to establish at least a portion of the hierarchical cell containing the selected cell to generate a value for at least one parametric component of the selected cell;

    arrest execution at the breakpoint;

    display to a user the source code portion corresponding to the selected cell and the value for the at least one parametric component of the selected cell.

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