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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jung-Chan Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting Yu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Hsinchu, TW;
Fong-Yuan Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of generating an IC layout diagram includes positioning a cell in the IC layout diagram relative to a first metal layer cut region alignment pattern and overlapping the cell with a first metal layer cut region. The cell includes a first metal layer region corresponding to one of a first or second mask set, the first metal layer cut region alignment pattern includes a sub-pattern corresponding to the one of the first or second mask set, and the first metal layer cut region corresponds to the sub-pattern.