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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chieh Jen Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Mu-Shan Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Hung Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shu-Chun Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei Chih Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chien-Chun Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A system (for determining a lineup amongst a roster of all PFETs and all NFETs that are slaves in a subject group of pull-up-pull-down-inverters (PUDIs) that are coupled in parallel) includes: a comparator to make a comparison between a reference voltage and an output of the subject group. The controller performs: an assessment of a candidate lineup chosen from the roster including setting states of PFET-selection selection signals and NFET-selection signals according to the candidate lineup, and a manipulation based on the comparison including setting the starting-lineup to be the candidate lineup or modifying the candidate lineup and repeating the assessment and manipulation.