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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
John M. Bach, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rand B. Carawan, Stafford, TX (US);
Hemant Joshi, Plano, TX (US);
David A. Thomas, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John M. Bach, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Rand B. Carawan, Stafford, TX (US);
Hemant Joshi, Plano, TX (US);
David A. Thomas, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer method of analyzing an integrated circuit ('IC') masked design data, comprising grouping into a cluster areas of layers preceding a target metal layer that are suitable for milling, deleting portions of the target metal layer that do not meet minimum tool spacing requirements to produce a modified metal layer, deleting portions of the modified metal layer that do not meet minimum design rule width requirements to produce a final metal layer, and comparing the final metal layer and the cluster to identify common areas.