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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company Limited, Jiangsu Province, CN;
Yi-Lin Chuang, Taipei, TW;
Song Liu, Nanjing, CN;
Pei-Pei Chen, Nanjing, CN;
Heng-Yi Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;
Shih-Yao Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-Hsien Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
Abstract
A method includes the following operations: identifying a layer of a first layout based on a first violation generated on the layer; generating a metal density value associated with the layer; when the metal density value is larger than or equal to a preset value, classifying the first violation into a first class corresponding to routing congestions of the first layout; when the first violation is classified into the first class, assigning, to the first violation, a first operation of a plurality of first pre-stored operations corresponding to the first class; and performing the first operation to the first layout to generate a second layout.