VALIDATION TECHNIQUE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE

摘要

A method of making an integrated circuit involves first placing the digital information characterizing the circuit into two separate and different formats. The latter are then transmitted to the manufacturing plant where they are compared. The two formats are then used to form respective artworks depicting a mask for making the integrated circuit. The artworks are then compared. The integrated circuit is then built from the information of one of said formats and is compared with the information in the other format.