US 2002/0166102 A1 · Method for generating information for a window view of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data

Abstract

A method generates information for a window view of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data such as GDSII formatted data. The method includes generating outer boundary boxes for structures of the integrated circuit from the layout-formatted data, generating a build file by including information of structures having outer boundary boxes completely or partially in a window, and generating information of the window view from the information thus included in the build file. In generating the build file, information of structures having outer boundary boxes completely outside the window are excluded from the build file. Also excluded is information of structures having areas less than a threshold value.

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A method for generating information for a window view of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data, comprising:

generating outer boundary boxes for structures of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data;
generating a build file by including information of a first group of said structures having areas greater than a threshold value and outer boundary boxes completely within a window;
and
generating information of a window view of said integrated circuit from the information thus included in said build file.

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Method for generating information for a window view of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data

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Method for generating information for a window view of an integrated circuit from layout-formatted data

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