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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:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Ker-min Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shien-po Yang, Taipei, TW;
Vincent Merigot, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G06F 17/505 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 17/504 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of checking an integrated circuit design database includes providing the integrated circuit design stored in a storage media; providing application rules; and providing an instance abstract of instances of libraries and IP(s). Instance-level information is extracted from the integrated circuit design database. An application-rule check is performed against the instance-level information using the information provided in an abstract file.