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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Joachim Keinert, Altdorf, DE;

Jens Noack, Stuttgart, DE;

Monika Strohmer, Sindelfingen, DE;

Holger Wetter, Weil im Schoenbuch, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G06F 17/5077 (2013.01); H01L 27/0207 (2013.01);
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.


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