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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Dongbing Shao, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Yongan Xu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Shyng-Tsong Chen, Rensselaer, NY (US);

Zheng Xu, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/30 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/398 (2020.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for performing an electronic design. A layout of a via of an electronic design is obtained and a determination is made if the layout of the via satisfies one or more retargeting conditions, at least one of the retargeting conditions being that a first edge of a metal line is within a specified distance from a first edge of the via and a second edge of the metal line is within the specified distance from a second edge of the via, the first edge of the metal line being parallel to the first edge of the via and the second edge of the metal line being parallel to the second edge of the via; and reducing a resistance of the via by the layout of the via is retargeted in response to the retargeting conditions being satisfied.


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