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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inder Mohan Bhawnani, Gwalior, IN;
Ertugrul Demircan, Eugene, OR (US);
Dwarka Prasad, Noida, IN;
Douglas M. Reber, Austin, TX (US);
Donald E. Smeltzer, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Danti, Austin, TX (US);
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for design rule verification is provided. The method comprises: providing a design rule check (DRC) deck based on a design rule manual (DRM) having a plurality of design rules; providing a plurality of primitive objects; creating a plurality of collection objects, each collection object using one or more primitive objects; using the plurality of collection objects, creating a plurality of DRM test cases; assigning names to each of the plurality of DRM test cases, each of the names based on a rule name of the plurality of design rules and on an expected pass or fail indication; and using the plurality of named DRM test cases to verify the DRC deck.