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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Daekwon Kang, Yongin-si, KR;

Donggyun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jaeseok Yang, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Jiyoung Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Chunghee Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Ha-Young Kim, Seoul, KR;

Sungkeun Park, Goyang-si, KR;

Younggook Park, Seongnam-si, KR;

Myungsoo Jang, Seoul, KR;

Jintae Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G03F 1/70 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G03F 1/70 (2013.01); G06F 17/5068 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method can include separating a design area of a substrate for a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) into cell blocks, where a distance between adjacent ones of the cell blocks can be greater than or equal to a minimum distance defined by a design rule for the semiconductor integrated circuit to provide separated cell blocks, designing a layout for the semiconductor IC in the separated cell blocks, and individually coloring the layout of each of the separated cell blocks.


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