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Manufacturing aware design and design aware manufacturing

  • US 7,395,516 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2005
  • Issued: 07/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A design aware process for manufacturing an integrated circuit (“

  • IC”

    ), the process comprising;

    a. concurrently identifying (i), based on a fabrication technology, an illumination configuration to be used in manufacturing the IC, and (ii) based on a wiring model, dimensional attributes of a plurality of routes for use in an IC layout;

    b. after the concurrent identification of the illumination configuration and dimensional attributes, utilizing software tools to design the IC layout based on the identified dimensional attributes of the plurality of routes; and

    c. using the identified illumination configuration to manufacture the IC based on the designed IC layout.

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