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Method, system and program product for identifying anomalies in integrated circuit design layouts

US10055535B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 2016
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and corresponding system and program product that includes providing integrated circuit design layout(s), deconstructing the integrated circuit design layout(s) into unit-level geometric constructs, identifying anomalies in the unit-level geometric constructs, and storing anomaly data in a database. The method further includes determining one or more feature attributes for each of the plurality of unit-level geometric constructs, annotating the unit-level geometric constructs with feature attributes, resulting in annotated unit-level geometric constructs, mapping the annotated unit-level geometric constructs in a hyperplane formed by one or more feature attributes, each of the one or more feature attributes forming a dimensional axis of the hyperplane, resulting in a mapped hyperplane, applying a first model to the mapped hyperplane, identifying the anomalies from applying the first model, and applying a second model to the mapped hyperplane to rank the anomalies for printability risk, the generated data including rank data.

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