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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Ying-chou Cheng, Sijhih, TW;
Chih-ming Lai, Hsinchu, TW;
Ru-gun Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tsong-hua Ou, Taipei, TW;
Min-hong Wu, Nantou County, TW;
Yih-yuh Doong, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hsiao-shu Chao, Taipei, TW;
Yi-kan Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Yao-ching Ku, Hsinchu, TW;
Cliff Hou, Taipei, TW;
Ying-Chou Cheng, Sijhih, TW;
Chih-Ming Lai, Hsinchu, TW;
Ru-Gun Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tsong-Hua Ou, Taipei, TW;
Min-Hong Wu, Nantou County, TW;
Yih-Yuh Doong, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hsiao-Shu Chao, Taipei, TW;
Yi-Kan Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Yao-Ching Ku, Hsinchu, TW;
Cliff Hou, Taipei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) design method includes providing an IC layout contour based on an IC design layout of an IC device and IC manufacturing data; generating an effective rectangle layout to represent the IC layout contour; and simulating the IC device using the effective rectangular layout.