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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
James A. Bruce, Williston, VT (US);
James A. Culp, Downington, PA (US);
John D. Nickel, Westford, VT (US);
Jacek G. Smolinski, Jericho, VT (US);
James A. Bruce, Williston, VT (US);
James A. Culp, Downington, PA (US);
John D. Nickel, Westford, VT (US);
Jacek G. Smolinski, Jericho, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A design verification method, including (a) providing in a design a design electrically conducting line and a design contact region being in direct physical contact with the design electrically conducting line; (b) modeling a simulated electrically conducting line of the design electrically conducting line; (c) simulating a possible contact region of the design contact region, wherein the design contact region and the possible contact region are not identical; and (d) determining that the design electrically conducting line and the design contact region are potentially defective if an interfacing surface area of the simulated electrically conducting line and the possible contact region is less than a pre-specified value.