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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Cheok-Kei Lei, Macau, MO;
Chi-Lin Liu, New Taipei, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Zhe-Wei Jiang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Yu Lu, New Taipei, TW;
Yi-Hsin Ko, New Taipei, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a method for optimizing metal cuts in standard cells. The method includes placing a standard cell in a layout area and inserting a metal cut along a metal interconnect of the standard cell at a location away from a boundary of the standard cell. The method further includes disconnecting, at the location, a metal portion of the metal interconnect from a remaining portion of the metal interconnect based on the metal cut.