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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Globalfoundaries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Navneet Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yunfei Deng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mahbub Rashed, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Doman, Austin, TX (US);
Qi Xiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jongwook Kye, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach and apparatus are provided for optimizing and combining different semiconductor technologies into a single graphic data system. Embodiments include generating a planar semiconductor layout design, generating a three-dimensional (e.g., FinFET) semiconductor layout design, and combining the planar design and the FinFET design in a common graphic data system.