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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
Hirofumi Miyashita, Osaka, JP;
Chie Kabuo, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwauchi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Matsumura, Kyoto, JP;
Fumihiro Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuo Gou, Kyoto, JP;
Yukiji Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Hirofumi Miyashita, Osaka, JP;
Chie Kabuo, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwauchi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Matsumura, Kyoto, JP;
Fumihiro Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuo Gou, Kyoto, JP;
Yukiji Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for designing an interconnect structure of an interconnect layer in a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the steps of: (a) inputting layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit device; (b) controlling an air gap exclusion area based interconnects in the layout data; and (c) outputting layout data including the air gap exclusion area determined in the step (b).