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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2004
Applicants:
John C. Beckman, South Hamilton, MA (US);
John P. Curcio, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John C. Beckman, South Hamilton, MA (US);
John P. Curcio, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Polar Semiconductor, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for generating a layout of a semiconductor circuit to satisfy minimum spacing requirements that includes generating one or more polygons for the layout, with each generated polygon having an area, a plurality of corners and satisfying the minimum spacing requirements of the layout rules. The corners of the generated polygon are then chamfered, and the generated polygon with chamfered corners is expanded or reduced in size.