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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Hongmei LI, Williston, VT (US);
Richard Q. Williams, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Inventors:
Hongmei Li, Williston, VT (US);
Richard Q. Williams, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure relates to the analysis of compensated layout shapes. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: analyzing a semiconductor layout using a bucket structure, the layout including a semiconductor device; and applying a pattern template to a content of the bucket structure to identify a shape adjacent to the semiconductor device; wherein the pattern template is derived from layout groundrules.