Patent ID: 7665044
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying relevant input and output sources in an electronic circuit design of an integrated circuit, comprising: identifying one or more library files related to one or more pins of a cell; processing the one or more library files to determine whether at least one of the one or more pins in the electronic circuit design is to be used in input/output planning, wherein populating, into rule data, one or more default rules combined with a result of the act of processing the one or more library files, in which the rule data comprises a first information about how the one or more pins are used in the input/output planning; identifying the relevant input and output sources in the electronic circuit design of the integrated circuit by determining whether the cell meets one or more class criteria based at least in part on the rule data; and displaying a result of the act of determining whether the cell meets one or more class criteria on a display apparatus or storing the result in a tangible computer usable storage medium.