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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Meng-Kai Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Wai-Kei Mak, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-Chi Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Ding-Wei Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method (of generating a layout diagram) includes identifying, in the layout diagram, a group of three or more cells arranged so as to exhibit two or more edge-pairs (EPs) that are edge-wise abutted relative to a first direction. The method further includes, for each of at least one but fewer than all of the three or more cells, selectively moving a given one of cells corresponding to one of the members of the corresponding EP resulting in at least a minimum gap in the first direction between the members of the corresponding EP.