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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Jeanne P. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Allan O. Cruz, Colchester, VT (US);
Michelle Gill, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Howard S. Landis, Underhill, VT (US);
David V. Macdonnell, Ii, Huntington, VT (US);
Donald J. Samuels, Silverthorne, CO (US);
Roger J. Yerdon, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Jeanne P. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Allan O. Cruz, Colchester, VT (US);
Michelle Gill, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Howard S. Landis, Underhill, VT (US);
David V. MacDonnell, II, Huntington, VT (US);
Donald J. Samuels, Silverthorne, CO (US);
Roger J. Yerdon, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques, systems, and methods are provided for optimizing pattern density fill patterns for integrated circuits. The method includes adjusting an area of a scribe line and a density of dummy fill shapes in the adjusted scribe line, while maintaining an area of the die, to achieve a pattern density associated with technology ground rules for a particular design of the die.