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Design rule checking

In electronic design automation, a design rule is a geometric constraint imposed on circuit board, semiconductor device, and integrated circuit (IC) designers to ensure their designs function properly, reliably, and can be produced with acceptable yield. Design rules for production are developed by process engineers based on the capability of their…

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Design rules

Software

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Design rule checking

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples10
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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related to Software · 9
Design rule checking → Boolean, Carefully, DRC, From, GDSII, If, The, To, While

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design rules rule drc process semiconductor automation processes layer yield may geometric layout checks check electronic ensure also specifies minimum

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layer densityinstance ofand check the entire design for process limitations0.80text
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareThe0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareDRC0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareIf0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareTo0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareBoolean0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareWhile0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareGDSII0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareFrom0.60section
Design rule checkingrelated to SoftwareCarefully0.60section

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