US Patent 7873931 Congestion-based routing with reconfigurable cross-points for dense signal tapping

A computer-implemented method of incorporating probe points within a circuit design for implementation within an integrated circuit device can include routing probe nets of the circuit design in an overlap mode, identifying a plurality of probe net routes including a common overlapping portion, and including a switch at each location within the circuit design where at least two probe net routes of the plurality of probe net routes diverge from a common point. The circuit design can be output.