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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Joachim Keinert, Altdorf, DE;
Jens Noack, Stuttgart, DE;
Monika Strohmer, Sindelfingen, DE;
Holger Wetter, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an integrated circuit comprising: a row of sink cells, a first driver cell, a second driver cell, an interconnect line connecting the first driver cell to the sink cells of the row; and a shunt line connecting the second driver cell to a point between ends of the interconnect line, wherein a segment of the interconnect line between the point and the first driver cell is bigger than 60% of a length the interconnect line and less than 80% of the length of the interconnect line.