Method for designing and manufacturing semiconductor device and corresponding semiconductor device

Abstract

The present invention proposes a method for designing a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a corresponding semiconductor device. In this case, the capacitive structure is either coupled to the supply network or used to eliminate design violations.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to a method for designing, ie drafting, a semiconductor device and a corresponding computer program, and also to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a correspondingly manufactured semiconductor device. In particular, the present application relates to methods and semiconductor devices in which timing violations in digital circuit paths can be corrected at a relatively late stage. Background technique [0002] There are also often design violations late in the chip design cycle that must be corrected before a semiconductor device, such as a semiconductor chip with an integrated circuit, can be produced. Such design violations may in particular be timing violations such as setup violations and hold violations. [0003] The manufacture of semiconductor components requires different masks in these process steps, by means of which the structures to be produced are defined. Semiconductor manufacturing proce...

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However this may degrade the signal transmission and the signal may become more susceptible to crosstalk from other lines due to the changed conductor path

This can even worsen timing violations

Furthermore, this is a process that is difficult to automate or perform primarily with computer assistance, and may and / or require manual intervention and often multiple iterations, making it difficult to predict when the circuit design will actually be completed

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