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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Applicants:
Ncku Research and Development Foundation, Tainan, TW;
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Assignees:
NCKU Research and Development Foundation, Tainan, TW;
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 17/5077 (2013.01); G06F 2217/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
A chip includes a substrate; macros placed on the substrate, which has a placement region being divided into sub-regions according to locations of the macros; and one or more vertical power stripes (VPSs) disposed in each sub-region. At least one VPS is not aligned with the VPSs of an adjacent higher or lower sub-region.