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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Applicants:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited, Nanjing, CN;
Inventors:
Yiyun Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Zhang-Ying Yan, Hsinchu, TW;
Liu Han, Hsinchu, TW;
Qingchao Meng, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignees:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, Nanjing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/33 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01); G06F 119/06 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 30/33 (2020.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01); G06F 2119/06 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a method of generating a cell in a layout diagram includes: selecting a cell from a library of standard cells, components of the cell defining an active circuit; identifying a dummy device within the cell that is disconnected from the active circuit within the cell; and connecting the dummy device to a target node of the active circuit.