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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Richard Scott Brink, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael Robert Curry, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond Alan Richetta, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Joseph Schmerbeck, Mantorville, MN (US);
Inventors:
Richard Scott Brink, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael Robert Curry, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond Alan Richetta, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Joseph Schmerbeck, Mantorville, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method for hierarchical Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) mask layout data interrogation. The method displays a tree diagram of the layout hierarchy and then allows the user to interrogate the mask layout shapes by using a cross probing feature.