Patent ID: 8423945

Claim:
A method of adjusting a pattern density of a die, comprising: obtaining an area of a scribe line, a pattern area of the scribe line, a product area, and a pattern area for the product area, wherein: the pattern area of the scribe line includes shapes within the scribe line for structures that monitor processing of the die and dummy fill shapes, and the pattern area for the product area includes shapes used in a design of the die and dummy fill shapes; adjusting the area of the scribe line and a density of the dummy fill shapes included in the adjusted scribe line, while maintaining an area of the die, to achieve a pattern density required by technology ground rules for a particular design of the die, wherein: the obtaining and the adjusting are performed by a processor; and data describing the area of the scribe line, the pattern area of the scribe line, the product area, the pattern area of the product area, and the technology ground rules is stored in a memory device.