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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Eitan Cadouri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eitan Cadouri, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of optimizing production of semiconductor devices on a wafer comprises steps of characterizing at least one effect of at least one manufacturing component on at least one optimization criterion; inputting user optimization data; and, based on the at least one effect and the user optimization data, performing optimization to determine a layout of semiconductor devices on the wafer that optimizes performance according to the user optimization data.