Electronic Circuit Design Visualization for Line End Violations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for generating cut-metal masks in electronic circuit design are not scalable for large designs, are limited to a small set of design rules compliance, and are difficult to optimize during early design layout steps, making it challenging to visualize and resolve line end design rule violations effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that provides visualization of design rule violations at a graphical user interface, allowing users to interactively design and automatically compute required trim mask shapes, presenting these to the designer in the context of the layout to facilitate understanding and resolution of line end violations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current methods for generating cut-metal masks are used, then design rule compliance can be achieved for small designs, but the methods are not scalable for large designs and are difficult to optimize during early design layout steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses graphical user interface representations (copies) of the electronic design layout to visualize design rule violations and proposed trim mask shapes. Instead of directly manipulating complex geometric data, the system creates visual copies that can be interactively examined and modified, making the design process scalable and easier to optimize during early layout steps
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a computational geometry engine as an intermediary between the design layout and the cut-metal mask generation. This engine automatically computes proposed trim mask shapes based on design rule violations, serving as a mediator that simplifies the complex transformation from design intent to manufacturable mask patterns, thereby improving scalability
2Reliability
If automatic computation of trim mask shapes is implemented, then design rule compliance improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting design rule violations and computing proposed trim mask shapes without requiring manual intervention. The computational geometry engine autonomously analyzes the electronic design layout, identifies violations, and generates corrective trim mask proposals, thereby improving reliability while managing complexity through automation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system displays proposed trim mask shapes in the graphical user interface, allowing designers to review and accept or reject the proposals. This feedback loop ensures design rule compliance while managing complexity by providing transparent, reviewable automation rather than opaque complex processing
3Productivity
If trim mask shapes are inserted during interactive layout designing, then optimization is improved, but the difficulty of visualizing and resolving line end violations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded visual indicators in the graphical user interface to represent different types of design rule violations and proposed trim mask shapes. By assigning distinct visual characteristics to different violation types and proposals, the system makes it easier to detect and measure line end violations during interactive layout designing, thereby improving both visualization and optimization productivity
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of fixing of design rule violations in an electronic circuit design. Embodiments may include displaying at a graphical user interface at least a portion of an electronic design having at least one shape associated therewith and identifying one or more electronic design rules associated with the at least one shape. In response to identifying, embodiments may include determining a proposed shape based upon, at least in part, the one or more electronic design rules associated with the at least one shape, wherein the proposed shape is at least one of a trim shape, a bridge shape, and a patch shape and displaying the proposed shape at the graphical user interface.