18814443. GENERATION OF 3-D SHAPES FOR EDA OPERATIONS (D2S, Inc.)
GENERATION OF 3-D SHAPES FOR EDA OPERATIONS
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Donald Oriordan of Sunnyvale CA (US)
GENERATION OF 3-D SHAPES FOR EDA OPERATIONS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18814443 titled 'GENERATION OF 3-D SHAPES FOR EDA OPERATIONS
Original Abstract Submitted
Some embodiments provide q method for performing an EDA operation with respect to a circuit component that is defined on a layer of an EDA design layout. The layer is defined by (i) a plane defined along x- and y-axes and (ii) having a thickness along a z-axis. The method generates, for the circuit component, a two dimensional (2-D) shape that represents a predicted manufactured cross section of the component in the plane. The method uses (i) the 2-D shape and (ii) a taper angle that expresses a tapering amount of the component along the z-axis to perform a mathematical operation to generate a three dimensional (3-D) shape that represents a predicted manufactured 3-D shape of the component. The method performs an EDA operation for the circuit component using the generated 3-D second shape.