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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Timothy G. Dunham, South Burlington, VT (US);
Robert K. Leidy, Burlington, VT (US);
Kevin N. Ogg, Burlington, VT (US);
Richard J. Rassel, Colchester, VT (US);
Valarmathi C. Shanmugam, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Timothy G. Dunham, South Burlington, VT (US);
Robert K. Leidy, Burlington, VT (US);
Kevin N. Ogg, Burlington, VT (US);
Richard J. Rassel, Colchester, VT (US);
Valarmathi C. Shanmugam, Essex Junction, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Stitched integrated circuit (IC) chip layout design structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes: an integrated circuit (IC) chip layout exceeding a size of a photolithography tool field, the IC chip layout including: a plurality of stitched regions including at least one redundant stitched region or at least one unique stitched region; and for each stitched region: a boundary identification identifying a boundary of the stitched region at which stitching occurs.