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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Dmitry Messerman, Haifa, IL;
Michael Seltser, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Dmitry Messerman, Haifa, IL;
Michael Seltser, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Scanning a layer of a layout in a first direction and selecting a first rectangle in a scan order, scanning the layer of the layout in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to find a second rectangle that intersects the first rectangle, and if the second rectangle is found, performing a union of the first and second rectangles to generate a set of non-intersecting rectangles equivalent to the first and second rectangle.