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From: upton@ole.UUCP (Mike Upton)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi.cad
Subject: Re: Resistance extraction bug in magic v.6
Message-ID: <1732@ole.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 90 18:16:13 GMT
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Reply-To: upton@ole.UUCP (Mike Upton)
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Organization: Seattle Silicon Corporation, Bellevue, WA.
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It may not be a bug, the resistance of a contact often varies with the
perimiter of the contact, not the area. This is due to the thinning 
of the metal as it crosses the step down into the contact.

Mike Upton