Systems and methods involving designing integrated circuits

Abstract

A system comprising, a processor operative to, receive a first input designating a first net segment profile on a first level in an integrated circuit for shielding, determine whether the designated first net segment profile is in electrical communication with other net segment profiles, determine whether the net segment profiles are located in a different level than the first net segment profile, define a first shielding profile corresponding to the net segment profiles on the first level, define a second shielding profile corresponding to the net segment profiles on the second level, determine and removing segments of the first shielding profile and the second shielding profile contact features of the integrated circuit, determine and removing segments of the first shielding profile and the second shielding profile are non-continuous, define vias at the intersections of first shielding profile and the second shielding profile, and a processor operative to display the output.

1 . A system comprising:
 a processor operative to:
 receive a first input designating a first net segment profile on a first level in an integrated circuit for shielding; 
 determine whether the designated first net segment profile is in electrical communication with other net segment profiles; 
 determine whether the designated net segment profiles determined to be in electrical communication with the first net segment profile for shielding are located in a different level than the first net segment profile; 
 designate net segment profiles determined to be in electrical communication with the first net segment profile for shielding; 
 define a first shielding profile corresponding to the designated net segment profiles on the first level; 
 define a second shielding profile corresponding to the designated net segment profiles on the second level; 
 determine which segments of the first shielding profile and the second shielding profile contact features of the integrated circuit; 
 remove segments of the first shielding profile and the second shielding profile determined to contact features in the integrated circuit; 
 determine which segments of the first shielding profile and the second shielding profile are non-continuous; 
 remove segments ofthe first shielding profile and the second shielding profile determined to be non-continuous; 
 define vias at the intersections of first shielding profile and the second shielding profile, wherein the vias are operative to connect the first shielding profile on the first level to the second shielding profile on the second level; and 
 output the first shielding profile, the second shielding profile, and the vias; 
   a display operative to receive and display the first shielding profile, the second shielding profile, and the vias to a user.