Patent ID: 8863056

Claim:
An integrated design-for-manufacturing (DFM) platform comprising: an automatic warning and verification system comprising a unified coordinate system for converting between layout coordinates, wafer coordinates, and mask coordinates; an automatic data feedback and feed forward system configured to: automatically initiate an automatic DFM check in response to a step of saving a layout in a layout database, wherein the DFM check comprises a layout patterning check (LPC), a virtual chemical mechanical polish (VCMP) check, or a critical dimension variation (CDV) check; generate a DFM check result; and send a review notice for reviewing the DFM check result; an automatic intellectual property (IP) library management system; and a data management system, wherein the automatic warning and verification system, the automatic data feedback and feed forward system, the automatic IP library management system, the data management system, and the unified coordinate system are integrated under a same platform.