Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Yan-Hao Chen

Jiann-Tyng Tzeng

Hui-Zhong Zhuang

Wei-Cheng Lin

Wei-An Lai

Lipen Yuan

Stefan Rusu

Chi-Lin Liu

Jerry Chang-Jui Kao

Meng-Hung Shen

Po-Chia Lai

Yu-Xuan Huang

A flip-flop circuit configured to latch an input signal to an output signal is disclosed. The circuit includes a first latch circuit; and a second latch circuit coupled to the first latch circuit. In some embodiments, in response to a clock signal, the first and second latch circuits are complementarily activated so as to latch the input signal to the output signal, and the first and second latch circuits each comprises at most two transistors configured to receive the clock signal.

Low-power flip flop circuit

One aspect of this description relates to a method for operating an integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing system. The method includes placing a first nano-sheet structure within a IC layout diagram. The first nano-sheet structure has a first width. The method includes abutting a second nano-sheet structure with the first nano-sheet structure. The second nano-sheet structure has a second width. The second width is less than the first width. The method includes generating and storing the IC layout diagram in a storage device.

Variable width nano-sheet field-effect transistor cell structure

In one embodiment, an integrated circuit cell includes a first circuit component and a second circuit component. The first circuit component includes fin field-effect transistors (finFETs) formed in a high fin portion of the integrated circuit cell, the high fin portion of the integrated circuit including a plurality of fin structures arranged in rows. The second circuit component that includes finFETs formed in a less fin portion of the integrated circuit cell, the less fin portion of the integrated circuit including a lesser number of fin structures than the high fin portion of the integrated circuit cell.

Hybrid fin field-effect transistor cell structures and related methods

Low power flip flop circuit

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Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Yan-Hao Chen