Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Meng-Kai Hsu

Hui-Zhong Zhuang

Po-Hsiang Huang

Yi-Kan Cheng

Fong-yuan Chang

Chin-Chou Liu

Chi-Yu Lu

Jerry Chang Jui Kao

Pin-Dai Sue

Chin-Shen Lin

Tzu-Ying Lin

Chung-Hsing Wang

Ming-Tao Yu

Jung-Chou Tsai

A system (for generating a layout diagram of a wire routing arrangement) includes a processor and memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the system generating the layout diagram including: placing, relative to a given one of masks in a multi-patterning context, a given cut pattern at a first candidate location over a corresponding portion of a given conductive pattern in a metallization layer; determining that the first candidate location results in an intra-row non-circular group of a given row which violates a design rule, the intra-row non-circular group including first and second cut patterns which abut a same boundary of the given row, and a total number of cut patterns in the being an even number; and temporarily preventing placement of the given cut pattern in the metallization layer at the first candidate location until a correction is made which avoids violating the design rule.

System and method for generating layout diagram including wiring arrangement

An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a substrate and a circuit region over the substrate. The circuit region includes at least one active region extending along a first direction, at least one gate region extending across the at least one active region and along a second direction transverse to the first direction, and at least one first input/output (IO) pattern configured to electrically couple the circuit region to external circuitry outside the circuit region. The at least one first IO pattern extends along a third direction oblique to both the first direction and the second direction.

Integrated circuit device and method

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Meng-Kai Hsu