The present invention pertains to an automated method for designing a integrated circuit (IC) design-specific cell, the method includes the steps of receiving a design specification for the design-specific cell, mapping a transistor-level representation of the design-specific cell, wherein the mapping...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020053063?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020053063 - Process for automated generation of design-specific complex functional blocks to improve quality of synthesized digital integrated circuits in CMOS