Patent ID: 6064806
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of converting a polygon-based layout to an object-based layout in an integrated circuit design, the method comprising the steps of:providing a polygon view having multiple layers of geometries representing the integrated circuit;providing an element set, the element set defining element types at least one of which is user-definable, the element types being associated with integrated circuit components;creating a seed layer that is a logical combination of at least two of the multiple layers of geometries in the polygon view, the seed layer having seed shapes associated with circuit components in the integrated circuit;locating a first seed shape in the seed layer having a polygon-based geometry;analyzing the first seed shape to obtain attributes therefrom; andcreating an object-based candidate using the attributes obtained from the seed shape, the candidate element being of a user-definable type defined in the element set.