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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Jerry Chang-Jui Kao, Taipei, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Li-Chung Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Sung-Yen Yeh, Pingtung County, TW;
Yung-Chen Chien, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jung-Chan Yang, Taoyuan, TW;
Tzu-Ying Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell has a first height along a first direction. The second cell has a second height shorter than the first height along the first direction. A transistor of the first cell and a transistor of the second cell share a first active area, and a first boundary of the first cell, a first boundary of the second cell, a second boundary of the first cell and a second boundary of the second cell are arranged in order along the first direction.