Computer-implemented method of performing voltage rule check in an electronic design automation platform

A computer-implemented method of performing voltage rule check in an electronic design automation (EDA) platform, including:

• inserting a pseudo device with a safe operating area (SOA) setting and a model of said pseudo device between two nodes predetermined to be checked in a netlist generated by said EDA platform or in a circuit schematic of a process design kit (PDK), wherein said SOA setting comprises user-defined terminal voltage limits of said pseudo device;
• setting parameters of said pseudo device and said model so that said pseudo device would not affect original circuits in said netlist or in said circuit schematic, wherein said pseudo device does not correspond to any real device in said original circuits;
• performing an SOA check to said netlist or to said circuit schematic through said EDA platform;
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• examining warning messages triggered by said pseudo device and said model violating said SOA setting in said SOA check to find out layout sections violating said SOA setting.