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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Jeanne Paulette Spence Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jason D. Hibbeler, Williston, VT (US);
Juergen Koehl, Weil Schoenbuch, DE;
William John Livingstone, Unerhill, VT (US);
Daniel Nelson Maynard, Craftsbury Common, VT (US);
Jeanne Paulette Spence Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Jason D. Hibbeler, Williston, VT (US);
Juergen Koehl, Weil Schoenbuch, DE;
William John Livingstone, Unerhill, VT (US);
Daniel Nelson Maynard, Craftsbury Common, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product that performs yield estimates using critical area analysis on integrated circuits having redundant and non-redundant elements. The non-redundant elements are ignored or removed from the critical area analysis performed for undesired opens.