DRC

July 20, 2015
TSMC finFET

Lessons learned in the finFET trenches

In sessions at the 2015 Design Automation Conference, engineers who had worked on finFET-oriented projects revealed how the technology has changed their design practices and where others may want to think twice about making the move.
May 26, 2014
Unidirectionally routed M1 using SADP (Source: CMU/IBM)

Triple patterning and self-aligned double patterning (SADP)

In the absence of EUV lithography, the primary option for manufacturing on a 10nm process is to extend double patterning. But the options each have issues.
April 3, 2014
Joe Kwan is the Product Marketing Manager for Calibre LFD and Calibre DFM Services at Mentor Graphics.

Standard cell IP must pass the litho-friendly routing test

Lithography is only just beginning to play a role in cell IP selection but early analysis already matters.
April 1, 2013

Improving SoC productivity through automatic design rule waiver processing for legacy IP

You can waive some physical verification errors related to legacy IP found in foundry DRC checks. Knowing which has involved lengthy manual analysis. TSMC is enhancing the process with automation.
Article  |  Topics: IP - Assembly & Integration, EDA - DFM, Verification  |  Tags: , , ,   |  Organizations: ,
June 2, 2011

DRC+: a pattern-based approach to physical verification

DRC+ is a new methodology that algorithmically characterizes design variation through pattern classification. A traditional design rule is used to identify all design structures that share a common configuration. Then, the 2D geometric situations (pattern variations) around the configuration are extracted and classified. Since all such classes share a common configuration, each situation class represents [...]
May 1, 2010

Manufacturing a profit

DFM is essential to differentiating your products in the market, says Luigi Capodieci
June 1, 2007

Implementation of a DFM checker for 65nm and beyond

Design for manufacturing (DFM) sign-off is a required step in most deep sub-micron technology design environments. However, there is no common methodology for DFM sign-off. We believe DFM should not only give an estimate of the yield, but should also point out where failures are most likely to occur, and where designers can improve their […]

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