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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Pochun Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Yu Lai, Hsinchu, TW;
Chi-Yu Lu, New Taipei, TW;
Shang-Hsuan Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chih-Liang Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit including a first cell and a second cell. The first cell includes a first plurality of active areas that extend in a first direction and a first plurality of gates that extend in a second direction that crosses the first direction, the first cell having first cell edges defined by breaks in the first plurality of gates. The second cell includes a second plurality of active areas that extend in the first direction and a second plurality of gates that extend in the second direction, the second cell having second cell edges defined by breaks in the second plurality of gates. Each of the second plurality of active areas is larger than each of the first plurality of active areas and the first cell is adjacent the second cell such that the first cell edges align with the second cell edges.