Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm McGinn & Gibb, PLL
  • Method and apparatus for verifying and electrical configuaration using a psuedo-element pattern
    Patent number: 6216253
    Abstract: To prevent a false error from occurring in the comparison and collation between circuit connection information and a mask pattern, a method and apparatus for verifying an electrical configuration include designing a mask pattern from a circuit diagram, extracting output terminals having equal potential from the mask pattern, and inserting at least one first pseudo-element pattern between the output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Maeda