Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methodologies for automatic 3-D device structure synthesis from circuit layouts for device simulation
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Application No.: US13607678Application Date: 2012-09-08
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Publication No.: US08578316B1Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Rajiv V. Joshi , Ajay N. Bhoj
- Applicant: Rajiv V. Joshi , Ajay N. Bhoj
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Preston J. Young, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
A method of automatically generating structure files employing a full structure generator automated program is provided. An annotated device layout file is generated from a design layout by annotating the codes for design shapes with additional text representing the functionality of a physical structure associated with each design shape. Functioning individual semiconductor devices are identified from the annotated device layout file, and a circuit area including multiple interconnected semiconductor devices are identified. A front-end-of-line (FEOL) device structure file and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) device structure file are generated from layer by layer analysis of the components of the annotated device layout within the circuit area. Finite element meshes (FEMs) are generated for the FEOL and BEOL structure files and merged to provide a structure file that can be employed for simulation of semiconductor devices therein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130275937A1 METHODOLOGIES FOR AUTOMATIC 3-D DEVICE STRUCTURE SYNTHESIS FROM CIRCUIT LAYOUTS FOR DEVICE SIMULATION Public/Granted day:2013-10-17
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