Method for routing breakouts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5757656
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08576631

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A computer-assisted method for routing breakouts includes finding a matching for a group of pins and vias, and then routing paths between matching pin-via pairs. The matching is computed efficiently and quickly by creating convex hull data structures to represent the pins and vias, and then computing a common tangent from these convex hull structures. The endpoints of the common tangent comprise matching pin-via pairs. A matching pair is routed to find a path between a pin and via pair that achieves predefined design constraints. The method can be extended to routing wire bond connections as well.

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  • MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Egan, John R San Jose, CA 1 118
Hershberger, John E Mountain View, CA 1 118
Sumner, Robert Mark Sunnyvale, CA 2 154

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