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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) layout design is received that includes a first circuit cell and a second circuit cell abutted to one another. The first circuit cell contains a first IC component, and the second circuit cell contains a second IC component. A determination is made that a distance between the first IC component and the second IC component is less than a predefined threshold when the first circuit cell and the second circuit cell are abutted together. The IC layout design is revised such that the distance between the first IC component and the second IC component is eliminated in the revised IC layout design.