Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Nxp USA, Inc.

Donald E Smeltzer

Mehul D Shroff

Edward Outlaw Travis, Jr

Traci L Smith

Douglas Michael Reber

Ertugrul Demircan

Dwarka Prasad

Kenneth J Danti

Inder Mohan Bhawnani

A method for design rule verification is provided. The method comprises: providing a design rule check (DRC) deck based on a design rule manual (DRM) having a plurality of design rules; providing a plurality of primitive objects; creating a plurality of collection objects, each collection object using one or more primitive objects; using the plurality of collection objects, creating a plurality of DRM test cases; assigning names to each of the plurality of DRM test cases, each of the names based on a rule name of the plurality of design rules and on an expected pass or fail indication; and using the plurality of named DRM test cases to verify the DRC deck.

Method for verifying design rule checks

An integrated circuit includes a visually discernable indicator formed as part of the integrated circuit to indicate a directionality of a non-visually discernable characteristic of the integrated circuit.

Method and apparatus for indicating directionality in integrated circuit manufacturing

Growing community of inventors

Austin, TX, United States of America

Donald E Smeltzer