Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor – Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-12
2006-12-12
Whitmore, Stacy A. (Department: 2825)
Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor
Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design
Reexamination Certificate
active
07149989
ABSTRACT:
A method and computer program product for early physical design validation and identification of texted metal short circuits in an integrated circuit design includes steps of: (a) receiving as input a representation of an integrated circuit design; (b) receiving as input a physical design rule deck that specifies rule checks to be performed on the integrated circuit design; (c) generating a specific rule deck from the physical design rule deck wherein the specific rule deck includes only physical design rules that are specific to one of identifying texted metal short circuits in the integrated circuit design and power distribution and input/output cell placement in the integrated circuit design; and (d) performing a physical design validation on the integrated circuit design from the specific rule deck.
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Holesovsky Alan
Kuppinger Jonathan P.
Lakshmanan Viswanathan
Miller Lisa M.
LSI Logic Corporation
Whitesell Eric James
Whitmore Stacy A.
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