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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Chung-hsing Wang, Baoshan Township, TW;
Lee-chung LU, Taipei, TW;
Cliff Hou, Taipei, TW;
Lie-szu Juang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chung-Hsing Wang, Baoshan Township, TW;
Lee-Chung Lu, Taipei, TW;
Cliff Hou, Taipei, TW;
Lie-Szu Juang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method for processing an integrated circuit is provided. The method includes providing a first integrated circuit having a first scale, wherein the first integrated circuit comprises a shrinkable circuit comprising a first intellectual property (IP) layout, and a non-shrinkable circuit comprising a second IP layout; and generating a second integrated circuit having a second scale smaller than the first scale. The step of generating the second integrated circuit includes shrinking the shrinkable integrated circuit to the second scale. The method further includes merging the second IP layout with the non-shrinkable circuit to generate a final integrated circuit.