EP1759321A4 - Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts

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EP1759321A4
EP1759321A4 EP05740549A EP05740549A EP1759321A4 EP 1759321 A4 EP1759321 A4 EP 1759321A4 EP 05740549 A EP05740549 A EP 05740549A EP 05740549 A EP05740549 A EP 05740549A EP 1759321 A4 EP1759321 A4 EP 1759321A4
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Prior art keywords
integrated circuit
circuit layouts
designing integrated
designing
layouts
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1759321A2 (en
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Louis K Scheffer
Steven Teig
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Cadence Design Systems Inc
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Priority claimed from US10/836,582 external-priority patent/US7254798B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/836,581 external-priority patent/US7082588B2/en
Application filed by Cadence Design Systems Inc filed Critical Cadence Design Systems Inc
Publication of EP1759321A2 publication Critical patent/EP1759321A2/en
Publication of EP1759321A4 publication Critical patent/EP1759321A4/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F30/00—Computer-aided design [CAD]
    • G06F30/30—Circuit design
    • G06F30/39—Circuit design at the physical level
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03F—PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F1/00—Originals for photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g., masks, photo-masks, reticles; Mask blanks or pellicles therefor; Containers specially adapted therefor; Preparation thereof
    • G03F1/36—Masks having proximity correction features; Preparation thereof, e.g. optical proximity correction [OPC] design processes

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Evolutionary Computation (AREA)
  • Geometry (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Design And Manufacture Of Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (AREA)
EP05740549A 2004-05-01 2005-04-29 Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts Withdrawn EP1759321A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US10/836,582 US7254798B2 (en) 2004-05-01 2004-05-01 Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts
US10/836,581 US7082588B2 (en) 2004-05-01 2004-05-01 Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts
PCT/US2005/015024 WO2005109257A2 (en) 2004-05-01 2005-04-29 Method and apparatus for designing integrated circuit layouts

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EP1759321A2 EP1759321A2 (en) 2007-03-07
EP1759321A4 true EP1759321A4 (en) 2009-10-28

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JP (2) JP5147391B2 (en)
WO (2) WO2005109257A2 (en)

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EP1759322A4 (en) 2008-03-12
JP2007538272A (en) 2007-12-27
JP5147391B2 (en) 2013-02-20
WO2005109257A3 (en) 2005-12-15
EP1759321A2 (en) 2007-03-07
JP2007535715A (en) 2007-12-06
WO2005109257A2 (en) 2005-11-17
EP1759322A2 (en) 2007-03-07
WO2005109256A3 (en) 2006-05-04
WO2005109256A2 (en) 2005-11-17

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