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ISPD
2010
ACM
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14 years 5 days ago
Density gradient minimization with coupling-constrained dummy fill for CMP control
In the nanometer IC design, dummy fill is often performed to improve layout pattern uniformity and the post-CMP quality. However, filling dummies might greatly increase intercon...
Huang-Yu Chen, Szu-Jui Chou, Yao-Wen Chang
ISPD
1998
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Filling and slotting: analysis and algorithms
In very deep-submicron VLSI, certain manufacturing steps – notably optical exposure, resist development and etch, chemical vapor deposition and chemical-mechanical polishing (CM...
Andrew B. Kahng, Gabriel Robins, Anish Singh, Huij...
DAC
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Provably good and practically efficient algorithms for CMP dummy fill
Abstract--To reduce chip-scale topography variation in Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) process, dummy fill is widely used to improve the layout density uniformity. Previous res...
Chunyang Feng, Hai Zhou, Changhao Yan, Jun Tao, Xu...
DATE
2003
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
Area Fill Generation With Inherent Data Volume Reduction
Control of variability and performance in the back end of the VLSI manufacturing line has become extremely difficult with the introduction of new materials such as copper and low...
Yu Chen, Andrew B. Kahng, Gabriel Robins, Alexande...
CGF
2005
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13 years 5 months ago
Interpolatory Refinement for Real-Time Processing of Point-Based Geometry
The point set is a flexible surface representation suitable for both geometry processing and real-time rendering. In most applications, the control of the point cloud density is c...
Gaël Guennebaud, Loïc Barthe, Mathias Pa...