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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Ker-min Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Ker-Min Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/10 (2006.01); G03C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) including a core area containing active devices and at least one input/output (I/O) cell configured to transfer signals into and out of the core area. The at least one I/O cell includes a gate orientation, a pre-driver module, and at least one post-driver module. The pre-driver module and the at least one post-driver module are offset from each other by an angle between zero and ninety degrees with respect to the gate orientation. The gate orientation for every one of the at least one I/O cell is substantially the same.