.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 aesc silicon
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later

min_length
==========

Bounding-box **length** (the long side of a merged region's axis-aligned bounding box)
must be at least ``value``. The dual of :doc:`min_dim`.


Semantics
---------

For each merged region on the rule's layer, take its axis-aligned bounding box
``(x0, y0)-(x1, y1)`` and compute ``length = max(x1 - x0, y1 - y0)``. A region whose
length is below ``value`` is a violation.

Typical use: bounding the emitter stripe length of a bipolar transistor, where a
companion :doc:`max_length` rule bounds the same dimension from above and a
:doc:`min_dim`/:doc:`max_dim` pair independently bounds the stripe's width.


Layers
------

A single layer, ``layers[0]``.


Parameters
----------

None — only ``value`` (µm).


Violation markers
------------------

One point marker per offending merged region, at its centroid (owned by the tile whose
core contains that centroid).


KLayout equivalent
------------------

Not a single built-in KLayout ``Region`` operator — a bounding-box measurement, analogous
to filtering on ``Region#extents.width``/``.height`` (whichever is larger) in a KLayout
DRC script.


Example
-------

.. code-block:: yaml

    - id: npn13G2.a
      check: min_length
      layers: [EmitG2]
      value: 0.90