Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

James Deng

Kenan Yu

A cell library stores a plurality of standard layout cells. A functional integrated circuit design is received, and a plurality of the standard layout cells are selected from the cell library based on the received functional integrated circuit design. A first standard layout cell from the cell library that is selected based on the received functional integrated circuit design includes a buffer circuit having an input terminal, an output terminal, a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, and an antenna protection circuit connected between the input terminal and the second voltage terminal.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

James Deng