Pattern designing method, pattern designing program and pattern designing apparatus

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions relating to a pattern designing method that when executed on a processor system cause the processor system to perform the steps of:

acquiring circuit design data, said circuit design data present, at least in part, in a computer readable technology file library with at least one technology file;

using the circuit design data, producing physical layout data for a circuit design;

carrying out a transfer simulation calculation and a step simulation calculation using the physical layout data, the transfer simulation including simulating the formation of an image for the circuit design using a mask, the step simulation including simulating an effect of a processing step on the image;

comparing results of the transfer simulation calculation and the step simulation calculation with a preset standard, the present standard including predetermined benchmarks for the results of the simulations;

carrying out a calculation of electrical characteristics of the physical layout using parameters obtained from the physical layout data when as a result of the comparison, the preset standard is fulfilled;

carrying out a calculation of a capacitance value a for a cross-section of a portion of the physical layout in which the preset standard is not fulfilled when as a result of the comparison, the preset standard is not fulfilled;

determining whether the capacitance value falls within a predetermined tolerance;

carrying out the calculation for the electrical characteristics of the physical layout using parameters obtained from the physical layout data when the capacitance value falls within the predetermined tolerance;

calculating a product of the capacitance value and a resistance value for the cross-section of the portion of the physical layout in which the preset standard was not fulfilled as a result of the comparison;

determining whether the product of the capacitance value and the resistance value fall within a predetermined range therefor;

registering in the technology file library the calculated product of the capacitance value and the resistance value when the product falls within the predetermined range therefor;

overwriting contents of the technology library when the product of the capacitance value and the resistance value falls outside the predetermined range therefor.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the preset standard contains a tolerance for a width and a tolerance for depth a pattern of the physical layout after completion of transfer.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the parameters used when the electrical characteristics are calculated contains a line width in a pattern of each of layers constituting the physical layout and an amount of dispersion in the line width, a thickness of an interlayer film of each of said layers and an amount of dispersion in the thickness, and a value of a permittivity and an amount of dispersion in the value of the permittivity.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the execution of the step of carrying out the calculation for the electrical characteristics of the physical layout using parameters obtained from the technology file library after technology file contents respecting the a capacitance value extracting tool have been overwritten when the product of the capacitance value and the resistance value falls outside the predetermined range therefor.