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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Laura R. Darden, Ridgedale, MO (US);
David Wolpert, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G06F 2217/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, and computer program products for the hierarchical management of self-aligned double patterning (SADP) trim shapes. Non-limiting embodiments of the invention include receiving, by a processor, one or more virtual trim shapes at a boundary between a parent hierarchy block and a child hierarchy block. The trim shapes are aligned to a legal trim grid. The processor then places one or more trim shapes aligned with the legal trim grid.