Techniques are disclosed for modifying an existing microdevice design to improve its manufacturability. With these techniques, a designer receives manufacturing criteria associated with data in a design. The associated design data then is identified and provided to the microdevice designer, who may choose to modify the design based upon the manufacturing criteria. In this manner, the designer can directly incorporate manufacturing criteria from the foundry in the original design of the microdevice.

Claims

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›1.independentA method of designing a microdevice, comprising:nusing a computer to analyze a design for a microdevice to identify design data associated with manufa…+16

›2.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting the portion of the identified design data to be displayed based upon statistical informati…d2+4

›7.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting the portion of the identified design data to be displayed based upon a hierarchy of the de…d2+1

›9.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting the portion of the identified design data to be displayed based upon a structure represent…d2+2

›12.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting the portion of the identified design data to be displayed based upon a position on the mic…d2

›13.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising:nreceiving cost/benefit analysis information corresponding to the manufacturing criteria; andselecti…d2+1

›15.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, further comprising:nreceiving performance analysis information corresponding to the manufacturing criteria; andselectin…d2+1

›20.↳ 1The method recited in claim 1, wherein the selected portion of the displayed design data to be modified is selected by a user of the design.d2

›17.independentThe method recited in 15, wherein the performance analysis information relates to a yield improvement obtained from modifying the portion of the ident…

›18.independentThe method recited in 15, wherein the performance analysis information relates to a timing improvement in the microdevice obtained from modifying the …

›19.independentThe method recited in 15, wherein the performance analysis information relates to a size improvement obtained from modifying the portion of the identi…

Classifications

5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F17/50

USPC · US Patent Classification

716/54716/102716/100716/112

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Sun Lin

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18 Jul 2003

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 60488363	18 Jul 2003
related publication	US 20090235209 A1	17 Sep 2009

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