METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINDING AN EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT REPRESENTATION FOR ONE OR MORE ELEMENTS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

摘要

The present invention provides a method and a system for designing an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of elements. The method includes obtaining a lithography-­simulated layout corresponding to at least one element. The lithography-simulated layout accounts for lithography effects on the element. The method further includes determination of an equivalent circuit representation that is compatible to a circuit analysis tool, corresponding to the lithography-simulated layout with respect to one or more performance characteristics and based on user preferences. The method also provides equivalent circuit representation to the circuit analysis tool that analyzes one or more performance characteristics of the elements.