Automatic process and design method, system and program product

A system for generating a process aid on a wafer, the system comprising:

• means for entering a process technology and a process aid type into a program;
• means for reading technology design rules and process aid parameters for the process aid into the program;
• means for accessing a process aid instruction file to attain instructions for building the process aid;
• and
• means for building the process aid on the wafer using the instructions based on the technology design rules and process aid parameters, the process aid being different than a kerf on the wafer.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for generating a process aid on a wafer, the program product comprising:

• program code configured to allow entering a process technology and the process aid type;
• program code configured to read technology design rules and process aid parameters for the process aid;
• program code configured to access a process aid instruction file to attain instructions for building the process aid;
• and
• program code configured to build the process aid on the wafer using the instructions based on the technology design rules and process aid parameters, the process
• aid being different than a kerf on the wafer.