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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Fong-Yuan Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Shun-Li Chen, Tainan, TW;
Ya-Chi Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-Wei Chiang, New Taipei, TW;
Po-Hsiang Huang, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A computer readable storage medium encoded with program instructions, wherein, when the program instructions is executed by at least one processor, the at least one processor performs a method. The method includes selecting a cell, determining whether a pin has an area smaller than a predetermined area, allowing a pin access of the pin to extend in a corresponding patterning track of the pin access when the pin access when the pin is determined to be having an area smaller than the predetermined threshold, and causing an integrated circuit to be fabricated according to the pin.