Qualcomm Incorporated

Jonathan Holland

Harikrishna Chintarlapalli Reddy

Chulkyu Lee

Sajin Mohamad

Jeffrey Charles Lee

An integrated circuit, comprising a transistor-based cell comprising a set of fin field effect transistors (Fin FETs) chained together in a first direction, wherein the set of Fin FETs include fins extending longitudinally along the first direction and equally-spaced apart in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction by a fin pitch, and a set of polysilicon gates extending longitudinally along the second direction and equally-spaced apart in the first direction by a poly pitch, wherein a first dimension of the transistor-based cell along the first direction is substantially a first integer multiplied by the poly pitch, and wherein a second dimension of the transistor-based cell along the second direction is substantially a second integer multiplied by the fin pitch. The integrated circuit may include other non-transistor-based cells (e.g., passive cells), such as thin-film resistor or capacitor cells, which are arranged in a two-dimensional array with the transistor-based cell.

Analog-mixed signal circuit cells with universal Fin pitch and poly pitch

An IC includes an array of cells and a first set of endcap cells. The array of cells includes a first set of Mlayer power interconnects coupled to a first voltage, a first set of Mlayer interconnects, a second set of Mlayer power interconnects coupled to a second voltage source, and a second set of Mlayer interconnects. The first set of endcap cells includes first and second sets of Mlayer interconnects. The first set of Mlayer interconnects is coupled to the first set of Mlayer power interconnects and to the second set of Mlayer interconnects to provide a first set of decoupling capacitors. The second set of Mlayer interconnects is coupled to the second set of Mlayer power interconnects and to the first set of Mlayer interconnects to provide a second set of decoupling capacitors.

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