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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Yi-jen Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-sung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yi-Jen Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Ying-Sung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Anaglobe Technology, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/76 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manipulating security of an integrated circuit layout, comprising: rendering a PCell that is created by an original user for a successive user; providing an open access to the PCell; providing a PCell evaluator to execute evaluating steps of: getting license information from the PCell, and checking the PCell license information; and generating a layout of a sub-master by instantiating a super-master of the PCell if the PCell license information is valid, or leave the sub-master empty in a PCell view if the PCell license information is invalid.