Semiconductor device design method, system and computer program product

A semiconductor device design system, comprising:

• at least one processor configured as:
• a location data extraction tool configured to extract location data of at least one electrical component in a layout of a semiconductor device;
• a voltage data extraction tool configured to extract voltage data associated with the at least one electrical component based on a simulation of an operation of the semiconductor device;
• a voltage marker generation tool configured to, based on the extracted location data, incorporate the extracted voltage data in the layout to generate a modified layout of the semiconductor device, the voltage data incorporated in at least one marker layer of the modified layout;
• and
• a voltage-dependent design rule check (VDRC) tool to perform a VDRC on the modified layout, the VDRC comprising at least one voltage-dependent design rule that specifies a geometric value.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions therein which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to

• extract location data of at least one electrical component in a layout of a semiconductor device;
• extract voltage data associated with the at least one electrical component based on a simulation of an operation of the semiconductor device;
• based on the extracted location data, incorporate the extracted voltage data in the layout to generate a modified layout of the semiconductor device;
• and
• perform a voltage-dependent design rule check (VDRC) on the modified layout, the VDRC comprising at least one voltage-dependent design rule that specifies a geometric value.