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System and method for implementing image-based design rules

  • US 8,327,299 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/2009
  • Issued: 12/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for merging a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) image-based design rules (IBDRs) stored in a design rule database into a subset of 2D IBDRs, comprising:

  • using at least one computer system including at least one processor to perform a process, the process comprising;

    characterizing one or more desired rule geometries;

    sorting the plurality of two-dimensional image-based design rules into one or more groups according to the one or more desired rule geometries, wherein a group of the one or more groups comprises multiple two-dimensional image-based design rules, each of which includes one or more similar geometric features; and

    merging one or more groups, which includes the group, of the groups of two-dimensional image-based design rules into a single representative search pattern.

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