System and method for reducing layout-dependent effects

A system, comprising:

• an electronic design automation tool including a processor configured to:
• provide a first netlist from a first layout of a semiconductor circuit;
• estimate layout-dependent effect data from the first netlist;
• perform a first simulation of the semiconductor circuit based on the first netlist and a second simulation of the semiconductor circuit based on a circuit schematic;
• calculate a weight and a sensitivity of the at least one layout-dependent effect;
• and
• adjust the first layout of the semiconductor circuit based on the weight and the sensitivity to provide a second layout of the semiconductor circuit.

A non-transient storage medium encoded with program code, wherein when the program code is executed by a processor, the processor performs a method, the method comprising:

• extracting a first netlist from a first layout of a semiconductor circuit;
• estimating layout-dependent effect data from the first netlist;
• performing a first simulation of the semiconductor circuit based on the first netlist using an electronic design automation tool;
• performing a second simulation of the semiconductor circuit based on a circuit schematic using the electronic design automation tool;
• calculating a weight and a sensitivity of the at least one layout-dependent effect;
• adjusting the first layout of the semiconductor circuit based on the weight and the sensitivity to provide a second layout of the semiconductor circuit;
• and
• storing the second layout in a non-transient storage medium.