Patent ID: 9208277
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for providing a circuit design, the method comprising: determining that one or more new wire connections have been added to an existing interconnect network comprising a plurality of existing wire connections that connect a plurality of electrical components of the circuit design, wherein at least one of the one or more new wire connections connects at least one additional electrical component of the circuit design to the existing interconnect network; defining a new interconnect network to include the plurality of existing wire connections and the one or more new wire connections; determining an adjustment technique that adjusts a width of at least one of the plurality of existing wire connections and the one or more new wire connections based on one or more predetermined requirements for the circuit design; in response to the adjustment technique comprising a decrease of width of the at least one of the plurality of existing wire connections and the one or more new wire connections, determining whether a user has allowed the decrease of width, such that the adjustment technique is not applied if the user has not allowed the decrease of width; and applying, by at least one processor, the adjustment technique to the new interconnect network before each of the at least one additional electrical component is connected to the existing interconnect network.