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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Davinder Aggarwal, Bangalore, IN;

Vibhor Jain, Bangalore, IN;

Janakiraman Viraraghavan, Bangalore, IN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Approaches for generating test cases for design rule checking are provided. A method includes extracting coordinates of an error marker in an integrated circuit design. The method also includes creating an error polygon using the coordinates. The method additionally includes selecting polygons in the design that touch the error polygon. The method further includes identifying a rectangle that encloses the selected polygons. The method also includes generating a test case based on data of the design contained within the rectangle. The extracting, the creating, the selecting, the identifying, and the generating are performed using a computer device.


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