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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Zhubei, TW;
Huang-Yu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chung-Hsing Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jerry Chang Jui Kao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 30/3947 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/3947 (2020.01); G06F 30/39 (2020.01);
Abstract
The routing of conductors in the conductor layers in an integrated circuit are routed using mixed-Manhattan-diagonal routing. Various techniques are disclosed for selecting a conductor scheme for the integrated circuit prior to fabrication of the integrated circuit. Techniques are also disclosed for determining the supply and/or the demand for the edges in the mixed-Manhattan-diagonal routing.