Patent ID: 7805692

Claim:
A method comprising: providing an input file in an electronic format in a computer readable medium, wherein the input file comprises a device layout; fabricating a semiconductor device corresponding to the device layout of the input file; performing a first hot spot detection, using a first hot spot detection machine, on the input file to detect a hot spot in the device layout of the input file; performing a second hot spot detection, using a second hot spot detection machine, on the semiconductor device to detect a hot spot in the semiconductor device; and comparing the hot spots detected by the first and second hot spot detections in order for: modifying the device layout of the input file based on the first hot spot detection when the hot spot is detected in the device layout to create an output file if the hot spots detected by the first and second hot spot detections are consistent with respect to each other, and calibrating the first hot spot detection to correspond to the hot spot detected by the second hot spot detection when the hot spots detected by the first and second hot spot detections are inconsistent with respect to each other.