Appeal No. 1999-0007
Application 08/688,218
integrated circuit is generated essentially from the libraries
(i.e., databases) associated with the integrated circuit and the
place and route information. In doing so, a Netlist Database, a
Place and Route Database and a Physical Database can be generated
therefrom that can be readily implemented into a physical
integrated circuit. When a new manufacturing process is utilized
to generate a new integrated circuit, the only things that need
to be done are a mapping of the physical cell library, generating
new timing models, and finally mapping the Place and Route
Database.
Representative independent claim 18 is reproduced as
follows:
18. A method for taking a first integrated circuit from a
first manufacturing process and generating a second integrated
circuit from a second manufacturing process comprising the steps
of:
(a) providing a first plurality of libraries from the first
integrated circuit, the first plurality of libraries including a
timing library, a logic cell library, a place and route cell
library and a physical cell library; the first plurality of
libraries defining characteristics of the first integrated
circuit including routing grid dimensions of the first integrated
circuit, the routing grid dimensions of the first integrated
circuit being defined by a grid where signal interconnections and
cells are placed; and being definable by layout design rules of
the first manufacturing process;
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