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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Mark R. Beckenbaugh, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael D. Cesky, Rochester, MN (US);
Jay A. Lawrence, Rochester, MN (US);
Lily L. Wang, Rochester, MN (US);
Nicholas G. Young, Rochester, MN (US);
John W. Zack, Rochester, MN (US);
Laura M. Zumbrunnen, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark R. Beckenbaugh, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael D. Cesky, Rochester, MN (US);
Jay A. Lawrence, Rochester, MN (US);
Lily L. Wang, Rochester, MN (US);
Nicholas G. Young, Rochester, MN (US);
John W. Zack, Rochester, MN (US);
Laura M. Zumbrunnen, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a method of routing a wire to a shape in an integrated circuit for minimizing undesirable jog creation during a masking process, a plurality of possible placements of the wire relative to a selected edge of the shape resulting in the wire being connected to the shape are determined. A cost is assigned to each placement, the cost indicating an amount of jog that would be created in the masking process corresponding to the placement, wherein a greater cost indicates that a greater jog would be created in the masking process than would be created by a placement assigned a lesser cost. A placement having a lowest cost of the plurality of possible placements is selected.