Patent Document ID: 8924909
Application ID: 13906974
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for producing layout data corresponding to a reference microdevice, the method comprising performing the following steps using a controller: receiving a three-dimensional model of the reference microdevice, the three-dimensional model including respective coordinates of a plurality of nodes and including one or more parameter(s); receiving a design-rule set including respective constraint(s) on the parameter(s); receiving respective parameter range(s) for the parameter(s), each parameter range including a plurality of values within the constraint(s) corresponding to the respective one of the parameter(s); and using the controller, automatically producing the layout data using the three-dimensional model and the parameter range(s), wherein the layout data includes two-dimensional data for each of one or more layer(s) and the layout data are produced by determining a plurality of combinations, each including one of the values in each of the parameter range(s), and, for each of the plurality of combinations, adjusting at least some of the coordinates in the three-dimensional model according to the values in that combination and converting the adjusted coordinates in the three-dimensional model to x-y coordinates and layer numbers, so that the layout data includes data for a plurality of microdevices.