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US PATENT ISSUED TO SYNOPSYS ON DEC. 17 FOR "PIN ROUTING IN STANDARD CELLS" (ARMENIAN, AMERICAN INVENTORS)
US Fed News
December 17, 2013 Tuesday 11:27 PM EST
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- United States Patent no. 8,612,914, issued
on Dec. 17, was assigned to Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Pin routing in standard cells" was invented by Deepak D. Sherlekar
(Cupertino, Calif.) and Vahe Hovsepyan (Yerevan, Armenia). According
to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office:
"Cells designed to accommodate metal routing tracks having a pitch
that is an odd multiple of a manufacturing grid. The cells includes
cell pins that are located within the cell based on the offsets of the
routing tracks relative to the cell boundaries. The cell pins are wider
than wires that are routed along the metal routing tracks. The standard
cell may be placed in a layout in either a normal orientation or in a
flipped orientation. In both orientations, the cell pins are aligned
with the wires that are routed along the metal routing tracks." The
patent was filed on March 23, 2011, under Application No.
13/070,440. *For further information, including
images, charts and tables, please visit:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2 FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8612914&O S=8612914&RS=8612914
US Fed News
December 17, 2013 Tuesday 11:27 PM EST
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- United States Patent no. 8,612,914, issued
on Dec. 17, was assigned to Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Pin routing in standard cells" was invented by Deepak D. Sherlekar
(Cupertino, Calif.) and Vahe Hovsepyan (Yerevan, Armenia). According
to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office:
"Cells designed to accommodate metal routing tracks having a pitch
that is an odd multiple of a manufacturing grid. The cells includes
cell pins that are located within the cell based on the offsets of the
routing tracks relative to the cell boundaries. The cell pins are wider
than wires that are routed along the metal routing tracks. The standard
cell may be placed in a layout in either a normal orientation or in a
flipped orientation. In both orientations, the cell pins are aligned
with the wires that are routed along the metal routing tracks." The
patent was filed on March 23, 2011, under Application No.
13/070,440. *For further information, including
images, charts and tables, please visit:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2 FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8612914&O S=8612914&RS=8612914