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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Rani Ghaida, San Jose, CA (US);
Swamy Muddu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methodologies and an apparatus enabling an improvement of a manufacturing yield of an IC design are disclosed. Embodiments include: determining a portion of a layout of an IC design, the portion including a first pattern including a plurality of design connections; determining a function performed by the first pattern based, at least in part, on the design connections; and selecting, by a processor, a second pattern based on the function.