Pdf Solutions, Incorporated

Nicola Dragone

Christopher Hess

Dennis Ciplickas

Sherry F Lee

Rakesh Vallishayee

Brian E Stine

Ratibor Radojcic

Carlo Guardiani

Stefano Tonello

Joe Davis

Enrico Malavasi

Abdulmobeen Mohammad

Stefano Zanella

Michel Quarantelli

Joshi Aniruddha

An integrated circuit is designed to improve yield when manufacturing the integrated circuit, by obtaining a design element from a set of design elements used in designing integrated circuits. A variant design element is created based on the obtained design element, where a feature of the obtained design element is modified to create the variant design element. A yield to area ratio for the variant design element is determined. If the yield to area ratio of the variant design element is greater than a yield to area ratio of the obtained design element, the variant design element is retained to be used in designing the integrated circuit.

Designing an integrated circuit to improve yield using a variant design element

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Vobarno, Italy

Nicola Dragone