Electronic Design

Pattern Matching: The Next Step In EDA’s Evolution

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. IC physical verification (i.e., design rule checking or “DRC”) used to be easy. In the good old days, you could run some ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Design Rule Pattern Matching

To help designers find complex features with a design implementation, physical verification and DFM tools may employ pattern matching techniques. That is, a designer can simply copy a particular ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Using Automated Pattern Matching For SRAM Physical Verification

How often have you struggled to verify static random-access memory (SRAM) blocks in your design? And how often, no matter how much time you spend on them, do they end up causing manufacturing issues?
Electronic Design

Pattern Matching: The Next Step In EDA’s Evolution (.PDF Download)

IC physical verification (i.e., design rule checking or “DRC”) used to be easy. In the good old days, you could run some one-dimensional (1D) width and spacing checks to ensure things would not short, ...