Systems for automatic circuit routing with object oriented constraints

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8549459
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12834972

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In one embodiment of the invention, an object oriented autorouter is disclosed for routing nets in a circuit. The object oriented autorouter includes a routing data model (RDM); at least one routing engine, such as a single connection router (SCR), a topographical (TOPO) transformation engine, and a detail geometric (DETAIL) engine, and a command and control module (CCM) coupled together. The RDM reads and write data with a design database as well as reading one or more object oriented design constraints. Each of the routing engines have at least one action to operate on the design database to improve compliance of the circuit to a constraint. The CCM controls the overall routing process of the nets in the circuit and includes at least one director to invoke at least one of the routing engines to achieve compliance with one or more constraints.

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  • CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergan, Sean Andover, US 12 70
Grant, Charles W Leominster, US 9 89
Kingsbury, Glendine Acton, US 4 62
Lawson, Randall Westford, US 13 127
Radumilo-Frankilin, Jelena Westford, US 1 4
Reddy, Kota Sujan Worcester, US 2 18
Russo, Steve Holden, US 7 83
Schilp, William Groton, US 6 37
Tsai, Davis Windham, US 2 18
Wadland, Ken Grafton, US 21 197
Woodward, Keith San Diego, US 3 34
Woodward, Richard San Diego, US 28 392
Wu, Jia San Diego, US 33 277

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