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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1994
Lawrence F Childs, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen T Flannagan, Austin, TX (US);
Ray Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Donovan L Raatz, Austin, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A layout portion (20) has a first portion (25), and a second portion (55). In the first portion (25), a reference voltage line (27) is disposed between two V.sub.DD power supply lines (26, 30) for a first predetermined length, for providing capacitive coupling between V.sub.DD and a reference voltage. In the second portion (55), the reference voltage line (27) is disposed between two V.sub.SS power supply lines (28, 41) for a second predetermined length, for providing capacitive coupling between V.sub.SS and the reference voltage. The capacitive coupling stabilizes the reference voltage with respect to the power supply voltage, and reduces power supply noise due to lead inductance and changing current demand. In addition, the power supply lines (26, 28, 30, 41) are disposed half above an N-type region (22) and half above a P-type substrate (21) for reducing local transistor switching noise.