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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

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;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01);
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.


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