Design Rules in a Semiconductor Foundry

Nowadays over 50% of integrated circuits are fabricated at wafer foundries. This book presents a foundry-integrated perspective of the field and is a comprehensive and up-to-date manual designed to serve process, device, layout, and design engineers. It comprises chapters carefully selected to cover topics relevant for them to deal with their work. The book provides an insight into the different types of design rules (DRs) and considerations for setting new DRs. It discusses isolation, gate...