METHOD OF DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A method of designing an integrated circuit is described. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of circuit components, including one or more functional components and one or more tile shapes. A pcell instance may be defined to specify a functional component along with one or more tile shapes. The tile shapes are thus associated with the functional component. A netlist may be arranged to specify interconnections between the functional components of the integrated circuit as well as electrical interactions between the tile shapes and functional components. A computer program product for carrying out the method is also described.