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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Ying Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Changlin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jing Ding, Hsinchu, TW;
Qingchao Meng, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, Naning, CN;
Abstract
A method of generating an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram includes arranging a first portion of first through fourth pluralities of active regions and a plurality of gate regions of a cell as a functional circuit in a first portion of the cell, arranging a second portion of the first through fourth pluralities of active regions and the plurality of gate regions of the cell as a one of a decoupling capacitor or an antenna diode in a second portion of the cell, and storing an IC layout diagram of the cell in a storage device.