A design system provides data structures to store parameters of physical structures that can
be viewed and modified in a front-end process through a logical design interface. In this …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for estimating noise in an integrated circuit Substrate. A model
file is created for a technology process for fabricating the integrated circuit. Noise generated …

In a system 10 for designing an integrated circuit, a preliminary design of the integrated
circuit is defined and critical interconnect lines in the preliminary design are identified …

Integrated circuits are typically composed of a multitude of circuit components and
interconnecting structures and are widely manufactured on semiconductor chips to process …

An improved approach for automatically generating physical layout constraints and topology
that are visually in-sync with the logic schematic created for simulation is described. The …

The present application is a divisional of and claims prior ity from US patent application Ser.
No. 13/173,855, filed Jun. 30, 2011, which is a divisional of US patent application Ser. No …

Computer time for modeling VLSI interconnection circuits is reduced by using symmetric
properties of modified nodal analysis formulation. The modeling uses modified nodal …

Reduction in labor of the operations for evaluating the amount of retrogression of end
portions in a line pattern, and the Simplification of the CAD processing for a mask are …

In one aspect of the invention, machine-executable instruc tions embodied in a machine-
readable memory or storage device are used to build a network in a previously created …

A system and method for design and modeling of vertical interconnects for 3DI applications.
A design and modeling methodology of vertical interconnects for 3DI applications includes …