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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/30 (2020.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 119/06 (2020.01); G06F 119/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 2119/06 (2020.01); G06F 2119/12 (2020.01);
Abstract
A partitioning method for partitioning a group of power-ground (PG) cells is disclosed. The method includes: placing at least one out-boundary PG cell on a substrate, wherein power strips of the at least one out-boundary PG cell are aligned with corresponding power rails on the substrate; and placing at least one in-boundary PG cell on the substrate, wherein power strips of the at least one in-boundary PG cell are aligned with corresponding power rails on the substrate.