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Method for mask data verification and computer readable record medium recording the verification program

US6658641B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 2001
Grant dateDec 2, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/398
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to accurately verify errors, etc., in programs when corrections of mask data are carried out by the programs. In order to correct the mask data based on predetermined conditions, a method for mask data verification according to the present invention comprises the steps of preparing corrected mask data by using a plurality of programs each of which has a different algorithm, comparing each of corrected mask data which is prepared in the previous step and as a result of the comparison, if there are differences among the corrected mask data, extracting errors which cause problems as mask data from the differences.

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