Granted Patent B2

US 12,204,839 · App. 17/719,336 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventors: Tsun-Yu Yang (Changhua County, TW); Ren-Hong Fu (Taipei, TW); Chin-Cheng Kuo (Taoyuan, TW); Jui-Feng Kuan (Hsinchu County, TW)

Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.

G06F30/392G06F30/31G06F30/3308

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A method, comprising:

providing, by an electronic design automation (EDA), a trigger signal to an application programming interface (API);

providing, by the API, first parameters associated with parameterized cells in a netlist of an integrated circuit (IC);

adjusting, by the API, the first parameters to generate second parameters associated with the parameterized cells in the netlist of the IC;

updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters; and

performing, by the EDA, a simulation according to the netlist.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters comprises:

updating, by the API, at least one element of a circuit in the netlist of the IC.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters comprises:

updating, by the API, parameters of a circuit in the netlist of the IC.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by the API, a layout dependence effect according to the netlist which is adjusted.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters comprises:

updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters and the layout dependence effect.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters comprises:

comparing, by the API, a performance of the netlist of the IC with a predetermined performance; and

when the performance of the netlist of the IC is higher than the predetermined performance, updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein performing, by the EDA, the simulation according to the netlist comprises:

performing, by the EDA, the simulation according to the netlist whose performance is higher than the predetermined performance.

8. A method, comprising:

adjusting, by an application programming interface (API), first parameters to generate second parameters associated with parameterized cells in a netlist of an integrated circuit (IC);

obtaining, by the API, a layout dependence effect according to the netlist of the IC;

updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters and the layout dependent effect;

performing, by an electronic design automation (EDA), a simulation according to the netlist; and

fabricating at least one component in a semiconductor device in response to the simulation.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

updating, by the API, at least one element of a circuit in the netlist of the IC.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

updating, by the API, parameters of a circuit in the netlist of the IC.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

comparing, by the API, a performance of the netlist of the IC with a predetermined performance; and

when the performance of the netlist of the IC is higher than the predetermined performance, updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein performing, by the EDA, the simulation according to the netlist comprises:

performing, by the EDA, the simulation according to the netlist whose performance is higher than the predetermined performance.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

before the comparing, sweeping the second parameters associated with the parameterized cells in the netlist.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

sweeping a circuit structure in the netlist of the IC;

comparing, by the API, a performance of the netlist of the IC with a predetermined performance; and

when the performance of the netlist of the IC is higher than the predetermined performance, updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC.

15. A method, comprising:

parameterizing elements in an integrated circuit (IC) to generate first parameters associated with parameterized cells (PCcells) in a netlist of the IC;

executing an electronic design automation (EDA) interaction to generate a trigger signal for an application programming interface (API);

adjusting, by the API, the first parameters to generate second parameters associated with the parameterized cells in the netlist of the IC;

updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC according to the second parameters; and

performing, by the EDA, a simulation according to the netlist.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

before parameterizing the elements, connecting the elements in the IC.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

sweeping a circuit structure in the netlist of the IC; and

comparing, by the API, a performance of the netlist of the IC with a predetermined performance to determine whether updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC is performed.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein updating, by the API, the netlist of the IC comprises:

updating, by the API, at least one element of a circuit in the netlist of the IC.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein updating, by the API, the at least one element of the circuit comprises:

adjusting dimension of the at least one element.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein updating, by the API, the at least one element of the circuit further comprises:

adjusting connection of the at least one element.

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