Patent ID: 9098663
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a semiconductor circuit component having an arbitrary impedance value and constructed as a combination of repeated nominally identical impedance elements, wherein each impedance element is a resistor having a resistive impedance or each impedance element is an inductor having an inductive impedance, comprising: receiving as an input at a computing device the arbitrary impedance value for the component and setting the arbitrary impedance value as a target value; receiving as an input at the computing device a nominal impedance value of each of the repeated nominally identical elements to be used in the component; defining in the computing device the initial value of the component as zero, and the combination of identical elements as a null set; determining by the computing device whether the target value is greater or less than the nominal impedance value; if the target value is greater than the nominal impedance value: if the target value is less than the nominal impedance value: determining by the computing device whether the updated value of the component is within a specified tolerance of the arbitrary impedance, and: