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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jung-Chan Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Lee-Chung Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-Wei Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method (of generating a layout diagram, the layout diagram being stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium) includes: selecting first and second standard cells from a standard-cell-library; the first and second standard cells having corresponding first and second heights that are different from each other; stacking the first standard cell on the second standard cell to form a third cell; and including the third cell in a layout diagram. At least one aspect of the method is executed by a processor of a computer.