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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2014
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Jordan Plofsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Chooi Pei Lim, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Danny Biran, Cupertino, CA (US);
Francis Man-Chit Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A mask set is described. In one implementation, the mask set includes: a first plurality of base layer masks, where each base layer mask of the first plurality of base layer masks includes a plurality of base layer tiles of a first tile size; a first plurality of top layer masks, where each top layer mask of the first plurality of top layer masks includes a plurality of first top layer tiles of the first tile size; and a second plurality of top layer masks, where each top layer mask of the second plurality of top layer masks includes a plurality of second top layer tiles of a second tile size; where the second tile size is different from the first tile size. Also, a method of fabricating a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) is described.