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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Burkhard Ludwig, München, DE;
Molela Moukara, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method for eliminating phase conflicts that occur in the layout of a phase mask in a localized and automated manner. The method includes a first step in which a set of phase conflicts is completely determined exclusively by using the technical requirements of the design. The first step is an optimum starting point for the following second step for automatically handling and eliminating such conflicts.