An engineer points at an IC layout on a large curved monitor, with red and yellow DRC error markers highlighted

EDA Solutions

TOOL Corporation

LV+: a visualisation platform that stays fast on very large layouts

Layout Viewer
GDS/OASIS
DRC/DFM
Pattern Matching

TOOL is a Tokyo-based EDA software company focused on tools for the semiconductor and photomask data industries, positioning itself as a one-stop provider from R&D through design, verification and support, plus custom development services. LV+ (Lavis Plus) handles very large layout databases with excellent performance, integrating node tracing, DRC/DFM error review, pattern matching and defect analysis.

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Products & capabilities

TOOL Corporation portfolio

Layout visualisation

LV+ (Lavis Plus)

An IC layout viewer and electrical-characteristics analysis tool with built-in basic design checking and editing. 8-thread multithreading cuts OASIS open time to roughly 1/5, GDS/OASIS drawing time to 1/10, and halves LEF/DEF memory use.

Standard formats: GDS, OASIS, Jobdeck, LEF/DEF
Powerful node tracing, including electrical short detection plus space/width and double-via checking
Layout to Schematic, and Image to Layout
DRC/DFM error listing and checking, with interfaces to ICV, Calibre and Hamamatsu
Synchronized 3D view, cross-section, batch processing and a customizable API

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Format tools

OASIS Utility

Bidirectional GDS/OASIS format conversion with SEMI-spec compliance validation, bundling 10 discrete utilities spanning conversion, editing, hierarchy expansion and rule validation — positioned as a sign-off tool for custom layout rules beyond the base OASIS spec.

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Calculation

RSCalc

Point-to-point resistance calculation (combined resistance and least-resistance path), with color-mapped current-density and voltage calculation. No netlist required, suited to early-phase power/ground routing verification, and integrates with LAVIS-plus for resistance-hotspot mapping.

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