US 11,893,330 B2Granted

Method and system for visualization of 3D electronic device

AssigneeMiaoTech Inc.

InventorsYu Zhu, Zhenhua Wu

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Abstract

Provided are a method and system for visualization of a 3D electronic device. The method includes: a structural and/or electrical characteristic of the electronic device is simulated to obtain first visualization data, the electronic device including a semiconductor device and/or an integrated circuit and the first visualization data including 3D grid position information of the electronic device and/or a physical quantity at a grid point; the 3D grid position information and/or physical quantity at the grid point in the first visualization data are/is converted into second visualization data suitable for virtual 3D displaying according to a data type; and the second visualization data is rendered in a virtual space to display a structure and/or physical quantity of the electronic device in the virtual space.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for visualization of a three-Dimensional (3D) electronic device, comprising:

simulating a structural and/or electrical characteristic of the electronic device to obtain first visualization data, wherein the electronic device comprises a semiconductor device and/or an integrated circuit, and the first visualization data comprise 3D grid position information of the electronic device and/or a physical quantity at a grid point;
converting the 3D grid position information and/or physical quantity at the grid point in the first visualization data into second visualization data suitable for virtual 3D displaying according to a data type;
and
rendering the second visualization data in a virtual space to display a structure and/or physical quantity of the electronic device in the virtual space;
wherein converting the 3D grid position information and/or physical quantity at the grid point in the first visualization data into the second visualization data suitable for virtual 3D displaying according to the data type comprises at least one of:
for a geometrical body in the first visualization data, performing data conversion according to a geometrical size and material property of the semiconductor device/integrated circuit to generate a 3D grid and a texture map;
for an iso-surface in the first visualization data, performing data conversion to generate a 3D scalar field-based iso-surface;
for an isoline in the first visualization data, constructing a 3D scalar field-based isoline on a specified Two-Dimensional (2D) profile;
for a heatmap in the first visualization data, constructing a 3D scalar field-based heatmap on the specified 2D profile;
for a streamline cluster in the first visualization data, generating a 3D scalar field-based streamline cluster by use of a flow conservation principle and a flow flux;
converting density and fluid physical quantities in the first visualization data to be presented by a particle system in a visualization tool;
converting a photon vibration mode of a material in the first visualization data to be presented by a simple harmonic vibration of an atom in a crystal cell;
converting a fermi surface of the material in the first visualization data to be presented by a closed surface of a first Brillouin zone;
converting a 3D energy band of the material in the first visualization data to be presented by a polysurface of the first Brillouin zone;
and
converting an amplitude and phase of a wave function in the first visualization data to be presented by a simple harmonic oscillator distributed on a space lattice.

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A system for visualization of a three-Dimensional (3D) electronic device, comprising:

a calculation engine, configured to simulate a structural and/or electrical characteristic of the electronic device to obtain first visualization data, wherein the electronic device comprises a semiconductor device and/or an integrated circuit, and the first visualization data comprising 3D grid position information of the electronic device and/or a physical quantity at a grid point;
a data conversion unit, configured to convert the 3D grid position information and/or physical quantity at the grid point in the first visualization data into second visualization data suitable for virtual 3D displaying according to a data type;
and
a visualization tool, configured to render the second visualization data in a virtual space to display a structure and/or physical quantity of the electronic device in the virtual space;
a sensor or camera, configured to acquire an operation instruction of operating the virtually displayed electronic device from a user, the operation instruction comprising at least one of:
an instruction generated by a gesture, eye movement, voice, facial expression or head movement of the user, an instruction generated by operating a virtual laser designator by the user, an instruction generated by operating an infrared joystick by the user, a sensor or camera, configured to acquire an operation instruction of operating the virtually displayed electronic device from a user, the operation instruction comprising at least one of:
an instruction generated by a gesture, eye movement, voice, facial expression or head movement of the user, an instruction generated by operating a virtual laser designator by the user, an instruction generated by operating an infrared joystick by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/105,538Filed 26 Nov 2020
Priority: CN 202010351449.828 Apr 2020
Published: US 2021/0334442 A128 Oct 2021
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 30/31
Circuit design: design entry, e.g. editors specifically adapted for circuit design
G06F 30/367
Circuit design at the analogue level: design verification, e.g. using simulation, simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis [SPICE],…
G06F 30/39
Circuit design: circuit design at the physical level
G06F 30/398
Circuit design at the physical level: design verification or optimisation, e.g. using design rule check [DRC], layout versus schematics [LVS] or…