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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); H01L 21/768 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The method includes obtaining an IC design; generating a layout according to the IC design; calculating a score of a region in the layout based on voltage levels in the region; and fabricating a semiconductor device according to the layout when the score of the region in the layout is equal to or less than a threshold value.