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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Yu Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Cheng Tzeng, Hsinchu, TW;
Wei-Cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Chia-Tien Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Ken-Hsien Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A device includes first to third power/ground (PG) elements; a first set of at least three tracks between the first and second PG elements and a second set of at least three tracks between the second and third PG elements, the tracks being arranged in equal numbers between the first and second PG and second and third PG elements; a first row of cells overlapping the first set; and a second row of cells overlapping the second set. In the first row of cells, a first cell has a first height and a second cell has a greater height than the first height; in the second row of cells, a third cell has the first height and a fourth cell has a lesser height less than the first height; and a track configured as an in-cell PG track is aligned with a boundary of the second and fourth cells.