AUTOMATED DESIGN RULE VIOLATION CORRECTION WHEN ADDING DUMMY GEOMETRIES TO A DESIGN LAYOUT

摘要

Automated techniques to correct certain rule violations with respect to non-design geometries are used, simplifying and automating the design layout of an electronic circuit, whether embodied as a design encoding or as a fabricated electronic circuit. Adding non-design geometries to a design layout is accomplished by adding one or more non-design geometries to the design layout, the design layout including one or more design geometries; and correcting one or more design rule violations by removing a portion of the one or more non-design geometries; wherein correcting the one or more design rule violations includes: deriving non-design wide class objects from the one or more non-design geometries and design wide class objects from the one or more design geometries; wherein at least one of the non-design wide class objects and the design wide class objects have a virtual edge; and using the virtual edge in determining the portion of the one or more non-design geometries to be removed.