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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2018
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 semiconductor device including: standard functional cells located in a logic area; standard spare cells arranged in a spare region of the logic area; and a metallization layer including segments, some of the segments being included in corresponding ones of the functional cells, some of the segments being included in corresponding ones of the spare cells, and some of the segments representing strap lines; and wherein a first pitch of the standard spare cells is based on a second pitch of the strap lines.