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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Yeh Yu, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Yi Hu, Zhubei, TW;
Shih-Hsuan Chien, Taoyuan County, TW;
You-Cheng Xiao, Taiping, TW;
Ya-Chi Chou, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A device including functional blocks and dummy cells. The functional blocks include a first functional block and a second functional block. Each dummy cell having a cell boundary defined by non-functioning active areas and non-functioning gates for filling space between the functional blocks and including a dummy cell configured to be situated between the first functional block and the second functional block such that the dummy cell directly abuts each of the first functional block and the second functional block.