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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to lower an increase of an area of an unused area or a wiring area, which is caused due to addition or enhancement of a particular function of a semiconductor device without significantly changing layout of the semiconductor device which has been previously designed. A semiconductor device ( A) has a layout in which a wiring area ( ) is surrounded by an extension block ( ) as a second semiconductor region and is completely sandwiched between a block ( ) and the extension block ( ). A plurality of wires ( ) are laid across the wiring area ( ) only at a single position between two adjacent ones of a plurality of pads ( ) in the wiring area ( ), to connect a CPU ( ) in the block ( ) and each of a ROM ( ), a RAM ( ) and an A/D converter ( ) in the extension block ( ) with each other.