A photomask for eliminating antenna effects in an integrated circuit and integrated
circuit manufactured with the photomask are disclosed. The photomask includes a
substrate and a patterned layer formed on at least a portion of the substrate.
The patterned layer may be formed using a mask pattern file created by analyzing
a pattern in a mask layout file to identify a region including an antenna ratio
less than a first design rule. A feature located in the identified region is moved
based on a second design rule from a first position to a second position in the
mask layout file to create a space in the identified region. A grounding feature
is placed in the space and automatically connected to a gate feature in the mask
layout file such that the antenna ratio is increased to greater than or approximately
equal to the first design rule.