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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Lynn T. Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sriram Madhavan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Luigi Capodieci, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Lynn T. Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Sriram Madhavan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Luigi Capodieci, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes, in accordance with an embodiment, providing a double patterning technology-compliant logical design for the integrated circuit, the logical design including a plurality of elements; scoring the design of one or more of the plurality of elements to produce a design score; modifying the design based at least in part on the design score; generating a mask set implementing the modified logical design; and employing the mask set to implement the logical design in and on a semiconductor substrate.