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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for designing an integrated circuit having latches. SOLUTION: The logic design of logic elements and latches is prepared and the logic elements and the latches are positioned within the integrated circuit according to the logic design in order to create a physical design. During the process of creating the physical design, the latches that do not transition into the same clock cycle, the latches unrelated to the same logic function, the latches within the same clock domain, and the latches in a given physical proximity to each other are combined in order to delete any redundant latches. This process of deleting the redundant latches includes replacing at least two of the latches by a single latch. The physical design is corrected through the process of deleting the redundant latches and a test is conducted on the corrected physical design to determine whether the corrected physical design will operate as expected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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