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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Mark A. Lavin, Katonah, NY (US);
Thomas Ludwig, Sindelfingen, DE;
Gregory A. Northrop, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Robert T. Sayah, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mark A. Lavin, Katonah, NY (US);
Thomas Ludwig, Sindelfingen, DE;
Gregory A. Northrop, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Robert T. Sayah, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of gridded glyph geometric objects (L3GO) integrated circuit (IC) design, wherein at least one inter-level connect in a L3GO circuit design is represented as a point matrix glyph (PMG) on a L3GO grid. Each PMG connects a pair of conductors on the next adjacent (above and below) layer and includes an array (one or two dimensional) of point glyphs contained within a cage. The point glyphs may have uniform size and may be on minimum pitch. Each PMG may also include a flange on the above and below layer. A default flange insures adequate coverage of cut shapes represented by the point glyphs.