Patent ID: 6691290
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A Computer Program Product for analysis of second order metal rule violations using a standard library, comprising:a standard library comprising circuit elements as basic semiconductor design components, therewith determining placement of said circuit elements, said circuit elements comprising a conductive level of patterned metal-0; means of globally routing all nets of a netlist, creating a level of metal-1 interconnects overlying said basic semiconductor design components, therewith overlying said level of patterned metal-0; means of creating a grid of tracks overlying said metal-1, said grid of tracks comprising track interconnects; means of determining attributes of said track interconnect, thereby including attributes of â€œYESâ€  and â€œPINâ€ ; and means of expanding said metal-1 interconnects based on said attributes.