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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Mao-Wei Chiu, Taoyuan, TW;
Ting-Wei Chiang, New Taipei, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Chi-Yu Lu, New Taipei, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of designing, for a semiconductor device, a layout which includes standard spare cells. Such a method includes: generating a set of possible values for a first pitch of standard spare cells based on a second pitch of strap lines of a metallization layer; selecting one member of the possible values set to be the first pitch; and placing standard spare cells into a logic area of the layout according to the first pitch; wherein at least one of the generating, selecting and placing is executed by a processor of a computer.