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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chi-Wen Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Mao-Wei Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 117/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06F 2117/12 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method of modifying a layout for an integrated circuit (IC) includes: selecting, in the layout, a circuit region to be scaled; setting a fixed area including a fixed feature in the selected circuit region; and scaling the selected circuit region, without scaling the fixed area including the fixed feature, to obtain a modified layout for the IC.