Appeal No. 2005-0001
Application No. 09/268,902
The Invention
The invention relates to a system for analyzing an electrical characteristic
of wire segments forming a power-bus-grid in an integrated circuit core. The
system performs the steps of mapping the power-bus-grid to the integrated circuit
core, specifying a power zone in the integrated circuit core, calculating an
electrical characteristic of the wire segments relating to the current flowing in the
wire segments and displaying the calculated electrical characteristics. See page
6 of appellant’s specification.
Claim 1 is representative of the invention.
1. A method for analyzing an electrical characteristic of wire
segments forming a power-bus grid in an integrated circuit core, the
method comprising:
mapping the power-bus grid to the integrated circuit core,
wherein said mapping comprises accepting design information of
said integrated circuit core entered in response to a prompt;
accepting information for at least one power zone in the
integrated circuit core;
calculating an electrical characteristic of the wire segments
relating to the current flowing there through; and
displaying the calculated electrical characteristic in the wire
segments.
References
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Murakata 4,839,821 Jun. 13, 1989
Brasen et al. (Brasen) 5,349,542 Sep. 20, 1994
Mitsuhashi 5,404,310 Apr. 04, 1995
Huddleston et al (Huddleston) 5,498,767 Mar. 12, 1996
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