Globalfoundries Inc.

Qinglei Wang

Mahbub Rashed

Qi Xiang

Jongwook Kye

Lei Yuan

Navneet Jain

Paul D Mesa

A parameterized cell for planar and finFET designs is provided. A parameterized cell (Pcell) describing a planar design is integrated with fin-based design criteria, including fin pitch. For material regions in a planar design that have a corresponding region in a fin design, a quantized value based on the fin pitch is computed. The material can include regions such as active area silicon, contact regions, and local interconnect regions.

Parameterized cell for planar and finFET technology design

A method for enabling functionality in circuit designs utilizing colorless DPT M1 route placement that maintains high routing efficiency and guarantees M1 decomposability of a target pattern and the resulting circuit are disclosed. Embodiments include: determining a boundary abutting first and second cells in an IC; determining a side of a first edge pin in the first cell facing a side of a second edge pin in the second cell; determining a first vertical segment of at least a portion of the side of the first edge pin and a second vertical segment of at least a portion of the side of the second edge pin; designating an area between the first vertical segment and the boundary as a first portion of a routing zone; and designating an area between the second vertical segment and the boundary as a second portion of the routing zone.

Double patterning compatible colorless M1 route

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