Three-dimensional viewing and editing of microcircuit design
AssigneeMentor Graphics Corporation
InventorsYan Lin, Tsubomi Imamura
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Abstract
An editing tool that provides a user interface for displaying and editing a representation of a microcircuit design. More particularly, the user interface displays a three dimensional representation of a second portion of the circuit design. A user can then select and edit a structure employing the three-dimensional representation of the structure in the user interface.
Claims29
A method for displaying a design for a microcircuit, comprising:
- receiving at least a portion of a microcircuit design;
- and
- rendering a three-dimensional representation of the at least a portion of the microcircuit design.
A microcircuit design tool, comprising:
- a memory containing a microcircuit design;
- and
- a three-dimensional rendering module that renders a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the microcircuit design.
A method of correcting a flaw in an integrated circuit design, comprising:
- selecting an integrated circuit design;
- displaying a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of an integrated circuit design;
- viewing the three-dimensional representation of the at least a portion of the integrated circuit design to identify at least one flaw in the at least a portion of the integrated circuit design;
- and
- correcting the identified at least one flaw in the integrated circuit design to produce a corrected integrated circuit design.
A method for displaying a design for a microcircuit, comprising:
- receiving first design selection input selecting at least a portion of a microcircuit design;
- rendering a two-dimensional representation of the selected portion of the microcircuit design;
- receiving second design selection input selecting a section of the microcircuit design within the selected portion of the microcircuit design;
- in response to receiving the second selection input, rendering a three-dimensional representation of the selected section of the microcircuit design.
A microcircuit design tool, comprising:
- a memory containing a microcircuit design;
- a two-dimensional rendering module that renders a two-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the microcircuit design;
- and
- a three-dimensional rendering module that renders a three-dimensional representation of a section of the microcircuit design within the portion of the microcircuit design.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.