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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Fong-Yuan Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jyun-Hao Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Ho Che Yu, Hsinchu, TW;
Lee-Chung Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ni-Wan Fan, Hsinchu, TW;
Po-Hsiang Huang, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Chi-Yu Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Jeo-Yen Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes active areas formed as predetermined shapes on a substrate. The device also includes a first structure having at least two contiguous rows including: at least one instance of the first row, and at least one instance of the second row. The device also includes the first structure being configured such that: each of the at least one instance of the first row in the first structure having a first width in the first direction; and each of the at least one instance of the second row in the first structure having a second width in the first direction, the second width being substantially different than the first width. The device also includes a second structure having an odd number of contiguous rows including: an even number of instances of the first row, and an odd number of instances of the second row.