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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Shen Chou, Zhubei, TW;
Po-Zeng Kang, Hsin-Hua, TW;
Yung-Chow Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Yung-Hsu Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Tao Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a method for replacing a device with a cell structure having a plurality of uni-gates. An exemplary method includes receiving a circuit diagram that includes the device, determining the cell structure wherein a cumulative effective gate length of the plurality of uni-gates is equal to a gate length of the device, generating, based on the cell structure and the device, a floor plan that includes an arrangement of a plurality of placeholders that match an arrangement of the cell structure and an arrangement of the device in the circuit diagram, and generating a circuit layout based on the floor plan, the cell structure, and the circuit diagram. The plurality of placeholders is replaced by the cell structure and the cell structure is connectable to other parts of the circuit diagram based on the circuit diagram.