Before revision: Some example of DRC's in IC design include: Active to active spacing Well to well spacing Minimum channel length of the transistor Minimum metal width Metal to metal spacing Metal fill density (for processes using CMP) Poly density ESD and I/O rules Antenna effect Commercial Major products in the DRC area of EDA include: Advanced Design System Desktop DRC by PathWave Design (Keysight Technologies Previously Agilent's EEsof EDA division) Calibre by Mentor Graphics Diva, Dracula , Assura, PVS and Pegasus by Cadence Design Systems Hercules and IC Validator by Synopsys Guardian by Silvaco HyperLynx DRC Free/Gold by Mentor Graphics PowerDRC/LVS by POLYTEDA LLC Quartz by Magma Design Automation Free software Electric VLSI Design System URL KLayout URL Magic URL References Electronic Design Automation For Integrated Circuits Handbook, by Lavagno, Martin, and Scheffer, A survey of the field, from which part of the above summary were derived, with permission.
After revision: Some example of DRC's in IC design include: Active to active spacing Well to well spacing Minimum channel length of the transistor Minimum metal width Metal to metal spacing Metal fill density (for processes using CMP) Poly density ESD and I/O rules Antenna effect Commercial Major products in the DRC area of EDA include: Advanced Design System Desktop DRC by PathWave Design (Keysight Technologies Previously Agilent's EEsof EDA division) Calibre by Mentor Graphics Diva, DRACULA , Assura, PVS and Pegasus by Cadence Design Systems Hercules and IC Validator by Synopsys Guardian by Silvaco HyperLynx DRC Free/Gold by Mentor Graphics PowerDRC/LVS by POLYTEDA LLC Quartz by Magma Design Automation Free software Electric VLSI Design System URL KLayout URL Magic URL References Electronic Design Automation For Integrated Circuits Handbook, by Lavagno, Martin, and Scheffer, A survey of the field, from which part of the above summary were derived, with permission.