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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Ming Ho, Hsinchu, TW;
Adari Rama Bhadra Rao, Hsinchu, TW;
Meng-Kai Hsu, Xinfeng Township, TW;
Kuang-Hung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ke-Ying Su, Taipei, TW;
Wen-Hao Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsien-Hsin Sean Lee, Duluth, GA (US);
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method performed at least partially by a processor includes performing an air gap insertion process. The air gap insertion process includes sorting a plurality of nets of a layout of an integrated circuit in an order, and inserting, in accordance with the sorted order of the plurality of nets, air gap patterns adjacent to the plurality of nets. The method further includes generating a modified layout of the integrated circuit. The modified layout includes the plurality of nets and the inserted air gap patterns.