International Business Machines Corporation

Karl W Vinson

Gustavo Enrique Tellez

Tina Jane Wagner

Jeanne P S Bickford

Andrew D Huber

Robert R Arelt

Solutions for efficiently implementing a via into a multi-level integrated circuit layout are disclosed. In various embodiments, a method of creating a multi-level integrated circuit layout with at least one via is disclosed, the method including: providing at least two layers of the multi-level integrated circuit layout; and selecting a via for connecting the at least two layers, wherein the selecting includes retrieving the via from a via library including a plurality of via types, the plurality of via types prioritized in the via library according to a predicted manufacturing yield for each of the plurality of vias.

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Karl W Vinson