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Integrated circuit selective scaling

US7882463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2008
Grant dateFeb 1, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/39
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes a solution for selectively scaling an integrated circuit (IC) design by: layer, region or cell, or a combination of these. The selective scaling technique can be applied in a feedback loop with the manufacturing system with process and yield feedback, during the life of a design, to increase yield in early processes in such a way that hierarchy is preserved. The invention removes the need to involve designers in improving yield.

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