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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Jiun-jie Huang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chi-yen Lin, Tainan, TW;
Ling-sung Wang, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes retrieving first layouts of an integrated circuit from a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The first layouts include a via pattern in a via layer, and a metal line pattern in a metal layer immediately over the via layer. The metal line pattern has an enclosure to the via pattern. The enclosure is increased to a second enclosure to generate second layouts of the integrated circuit.