Patent ID: 7870447

Claim:
A method for carrying out a process on an integrated circuit, comprising: reading in a data key comprising a plurality of data subkeys; determining a process parameter set using a parameter directory in a manner dependent on the read data key; and setting parameters required for the process in accordance with the determined process parameter set, wherein the parameter directory comprises: a plurality of rule keys each comprising a plurality of rule subkeys, the rule subkeys each being assigned predeterminable values from a plurality of values, and at least one rule subkey of at least one rule key being assigned a wildcard which can assume all the predeterminable values possible for the respective rule subkey; and a plurality of process parameter sets, each process parameter set respectively assigned at least one rule key; wherein the step of determining a process parameter set comprises: comparing the read data key with the rule keys stored in the parameter directory; determining the rule key(s) whose rule subkeys match those of the read data key; and outputting the process parameter set(s) assigned to the determined rule key(s).