Patent ID: 9741706
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H01L,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method of checking a design of an integrated circuit using an antenna rule, comprising: checking a subset of a plurality of transistors of the design of the integrated circuit using the antenna rule, wherein the checking comprises for each respective transistor in the subset: determining, by a computer device, a resistance of a gate path of the respective transistor as a series resistance of circuit elements connected between a gate and a first electrically conductive element; determining, by the computer device, a resistance of a source/drain path of the respective transistor as a series resistance of circuit elements connected between a source/drain and a second electrically conductive element; determining, by the computer device, a resistance of a shunt path of the respective transistor as and is a series resistance of circuit elements connected between the gate and the source/drain; determining, by the computer device, a figure of merit for the respective transistor based on the resistance of the shunt path, the resistance of the gate path, and the resistance of the source/drain path; and comparing, by the computer device, the figure of merit for the respective transistor to a limit, wherein the respective transistor satisfies the expression: further comprising manufacturing a semiconductor structure based on the design of the integrated circuit.