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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1995
Filed:
May. 13, 1994
Hirohisa Machida, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit device designed with CAD is formed of a plurality of standard cells including at least four I/O terminals. Each standard cell includes a metal interconnection for a power supply and a metal interconnection for the ground, and also includes an active element formation region and a metal interconnection layer isolated from respective interconnection layers and coupled to a plurality of I/O terminals at a position above it. If it is desired to use the metal interconnection as a power signal line, a via hole is formed in an insulator film, and the metal interconnection layer and the metal interconnection for the power supply are coupled together therethrough.