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Hierarchically-aware buffering for clock structures
Patent number
12,321,193
Issue date
Jun 3, 2025
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Yi-Xiao Ding
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Machine-learning based clustering for clock tree synthesis
Patent number
11,645,441
Issue date
May 9, 2023
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bentian Jiang
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Grouping cells in cell library based on clustering
Patent number
11,625,525
Issue date
Apr 11, 2023
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Zhuo Li
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Machine-learning based prediction method for iterative clustering d...
Patent number
11,244,099
Issue date
Feb 8, 2022
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bentian Jiang
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Patent Grant
Dynamic weighting scheme for local cluster refinement
Patent number
11,188,702
Issue date
Nov 30, 2021
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bentian Jiang
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Patent Grant
Modifying route topology to fix clock tree violations
Patent number
10,963,617
Issue date
Mar 30, 2021
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Andrew Mark Chapman
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Large cluster persistence during placement optimization of integrat...
Patent number
10,685,160
Issue date
Jun 16, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Grant
Region aware clustering
Patent number
10,402,522
Issue date
Sep 3, 2019
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Natarajan Viswanathan
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Patent Grant
Balanced scaled-load clustering
Patent number
10,318,693
Issue date
Jun 11, 2019
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Natarajan Viswanathan
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Local cluster refinement
Patent number
10,289,797
Issue date
May 14, 2019
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Natarajan Viswanathan
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Patent Grant
Large cluster persistence during placement optimization of integrat...
Patent number
10,140,409
Issue date
Nov 27, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Grant
Element placement in circuit design based on preferred location
Patent number
9,524,363
Issue date
Dec 20, 2016
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Charles J. Alpert
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Large cluster persistence during placement optimization of integrat...
Patent number
9,495,501
Issue date
Nov 15, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Alignment net insertion for straightening the datapath in a force-d...
Patent number
9,251,306
Issue date
Feb 2, 2016
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Grant
Boundary latch and logic placement to satisfy timing constraints
Patent number
9,098,669
Issue date
Aug 4, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Structured placement of latches/flip-flops to minimize clock power...
Patent number
8,954,912
Issue date
Feb 10, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Placement of structured nets
Patent number
8,793,636
Issue date
Jul 29, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Post-placement cell shifting
Patent number
8,782,584
Issue date
Jul 15, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Separate refinement of local wirelength and local module density in...
Patent number
8,769,457
Issue date
Jul 1, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Electronic design automation object placement with partially region...
Patent number
8,683,411
Issue date
Mar 25, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Latch clustering with proximity to local clock buffers
Patent number
8,677,299
Issue date
Mar 18, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles Jay Alpert
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Patent Grant
Clock optimization with local clock buffer control optimization
Patent number
8,667,441
Issue date
Mar 4, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Local objective optimization in global placement of an integrated c...
Patent number
8,595,675
Issue date
Nov 26, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Datapath placement using tiered assignment
Patent number
8,589,848
Issue date
Nov 19, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Post-placement cell shifting
Patent number
8,495,534
Issue date
Jul 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Multi-patterning lithography aware cell placement in integrated cir...
Patent number
8,495,548
Issue date
Jul 23, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Kanak Behari Agarwal
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Latch clustering with proximity to local clock buffers
Patent number
8,458,634
Issue date
Jun 4, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles Jay Alpert
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Patent Grant
Alignment net insertion for straightening the datapath in a force-d...
Patent number
8,453,093
Issue date
May 28, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Grant
Accuracy pin-slew mode for gate delay calculation
Patent number
8,418,108
Issue date
Apr 9, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Grant
Incremental timing optimization and placement
Patent number
8,347,249
Issue date
Jan 1, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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LARGE CLUSTER PERSISTENCE DURING PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRAT...
Publication number
20190026418
Publication date
Jan 24, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation
MYUNG-CHUL KIM
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LARGE CLUSTER PERSISTENCE DURING PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION OF INTEGRAT...
Publication number
20170220722
Publication date
Aug 3, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation
MYUNG-CHUL KIM
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BOUNDARY LATCH AND LOGIC PLACEMENT TO SATISFY TIMING CONSTRAINTS
Publication number
20150199465
Publication date
Jul 16, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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STRUCTURED PLACEMENT OF LATCHES/FLIP-FLOPS TO MINIMIZE CLOCK POWER...
Publication number
20140149957
Publication date
May 29, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
SEPARATE REFINEMENT OF LOCAL WIRELENGTH AND LOCAL MODULE DENSITY IN...
Publication number
20140007036
Publication date
Jan 2, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
POST-PLACEMENT CELL SHIFTING
Publication number
20130346938
Publication date
Dec 26, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J Alpert
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Patent Application
ELEMENT PLACEMENT IN CIRCUIT DESIGN BASED ON PREFERRED LOCATION
Publication number
20130326455
Publication date
Dec 5, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
DATAPATH PLACEMENT USING TIERED ASSIGNMENT
Publication number
20130283225
Publication date
Oct 24, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
ALIGNMENT NET INSERTION FOR STRAIGHTENING THE DATAPATH IN A FORCE-D...
Publication number
20130205272
Publication date
Aug 8, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Application
ALIGNMENT NET INSERTION FOR STRAIGHTENING THE DATAPATH IN A FORCE-D...
Publication number
20130097573
Publication date
Apr 18, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Myung-Chul Kim
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Patent Application
MULTI-PATTERNING LITHOGRAPHY AWARE CELL PLACEMENT IN INTEGRATED CIR...
Publication number
20130086543
Publication date
Apr 4, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation
Kanak Behari Agarwal
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Patent Application
ACCURACY PIN-SLEW MODE FOR GATE DELAY CALCULATION
Publication number
20120324409
Publication date
Dec 20, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
WHITESPACE CREATION AND PRESERVATION IN CIRCUIT DESIGN
Publication number
20120297355
Publication date
Nov 22, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles Jay Alpert
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Patent Application
Placement of Structured Nets
Publication number
20120266124
Publication date
Oct 18, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
Clock Optimization with Local Clock Buffer Control Optimization
Publication number
20120124539
Publication date
May 17, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
LATCH CLUSTERING WITH PROXIMITY TO LOCAL CLOCK BUFFERS
Publication number
20120110532
Publication date
May 3, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles Jay Alpert
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Patent Application
ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION OBJECT PLACEMENT WITH PARTIALLY REGION...
Publication number
20120054708
Publication date
Mar 1, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
DETAILED ROUTABILITY BY CELL PLACEMENT
Publication number
20110302545
Publication date
Dec 8, 2011
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
POST-PLACEMENT CELL SHIFTING
Publication number
20110302544
Publication date
Dec 8, 2011
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
INCREMENTAL TIMING OPTIMIZATION AND PLACEMENT
Publication number
20100257498
Publication date
Oct 7, 2010
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
Legalization of VLSI circuit placement with blockages using hierarc...
Publication number
20090271752
Publication date
Oct 29, 2009
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
METHOD TO REDUCE THE WIRELENGTH OF ANALYTICAL PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES...
Publication number
20080282213
Publication date
Nov 13, 2008
International Business Machines Corporation
Charles J. Alpert
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Patent Application
METHOD TO REDUCE THE WIRELENGTH OF ANALYTICAL PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES...
Publication number
20080066037
Publication date
Mar 13, 2008
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES COMPANY
Charles J. Alpert
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