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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yung Feng Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Pi-Yun Sun, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Heng Hsieh, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yu-Jung Chang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Bao-Ru Young, Hsinchu County, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method that includes receiving an integrated circuit (IC) design layout including a layout block, where the layout block has a corner, adding first patterns along a first edge of the corner, adding second patterns along a second edge of the corner, moving a first column of the first patterns closest to the second edge horizontally toward the second edge, moving a second column of second patterns closest to the second edge horizontally toward the second edge, extending lengths of the first and second patterns in the first and second columns, and outputting a pattern layout in a computer-readable format, where the pattern layout includes the first patterns and the second patterns.