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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jerry Chang-Jui Kao, Taipei, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Li-Chung Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Sung-Yen Yeh, Pingtung County, TW;
Yung-Chen Chien, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jung-Chan Yang, Taoyuan, TW;
Tzu-Ying Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A system includes a non-transitory storage medium encoded with a set of instructions and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions is configured to cause the processor to: obtain, based on a netlist of a circuit, values each corresponding to one of transistors included in the circuit; compare the values with a threshold value; in response to a comparison, generate an adjusted netlist of the circuit by adding redundant transistors; and determine, based on the adjusted netlist, one of layout configurations for the circuit. The layout configurations include first cell rows each having a first row height and second cell rows each having a second row height different from the first row height.