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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Wei Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Min Hsiao, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Hsu Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of generating an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram includes obtaining a grid of intersecting first and second pluralities of tracks corresponding to adjacent metal layers, determining that first and second pitches of the respective first and second pluralities of tracks conform to a first rule, applying a via positioning pattern to the grid whereby via regions are restricted to alternating diagonal grid lines, positioning via regions at some or all of the grid intersections of the alternating diagonal grid lines, and generating the IC layout diagram including the via regions positioned along the alternating diagonal grid lines.