Patent Document ID: 9740810
Application ID: 14884651
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for designing an electrical component in an integrated circuit, the apparatus comprising: a user interface operable to receive input relating to a user-desired characteristic and an optimization target of the electrical component; and a memory for storing data; a processor operable to: a) determine optimal characteristics of the electrical component to define the electrical component for fabrication in the integrated circuit, b) combine the user-desired characteristic with preset characteristics of the electrical component, c) define a computer-simulatable model of the electrical component in the integrated circuit, d) simulate the electrical component with the computer-simulatable model having the combined characteristics to determine performance of the electrical component, e) draw on a rule-set of one or more rules stored in the memory, the rules relating to user knowledge of dependency of at least one design criterion on another design criterion, said design criteria selected from one or more of a physical, geometrical or performance characteristic, in order to enable modification of the model, and f) iterating through one or more simulations and modifications using the rule-set to determine a design solution for the electrical component, said iterating being performed as a function of a comparison of the design solution to the user-desired characteristic.