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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Schmitt, Bloomington, MN (US);
Timothy V Statz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257207 ; 257211 ; 257206 ;
Abstract
An arrangement and method for making a gate array architecture locates the well taps at the outer corners of each gate cell. The power buses are also located at the outside of the gate cell as well, enabling sharing of the well taps and the power buses. The location of the well taps at the outside corners of the standard cell reduces the number of transistors in a single repeatable cell from eight transistors to four transistors.