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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Toshiya Kotani, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Soichi Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for designing a semiconductor integrated circuit is provided which comprises compacting a design layout of a semiconductor integrated circuit on the basis of a given design rule to obtain a compacted pattern, predicting a pattern to be formed at a surface area of a wafer for forming the semiconductor integrated circuit on the basis of the compacted pattern, obtaining an evaluated value by comparing the predicted pattern with the compacted pattern, deciding whether the evaluated value satisfies a predetermined condition, and modifying the design rule when the evaluated value is decided as not satisfying the predetermined condition.