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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Ping-lin Yang, Changhua County, TW;
Ming-zhang Kuo, Tainan County, TW;
Cheng-chung Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jimmy Hsiao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jia-rong Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ping-Lin Yang, Changhua County, TW;
Ming-Zhang Kuo, Tainan County, TW;
Cheng-Chung Lin, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jimmy Hsiao, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jia-Rong Hsu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques for conditional cell placement are provided herein. In an embodiment, a conditional boundary is created for a first cell. For example, the conditional boundary enables the first cell to be placed relative to a second cell based on a conditional placement rule. In an embodiment, the first cell is placed in a first manner relative to the second cell based in a first scenario. In a second scenario, different than the first scenario, the first cell is placed in a second manner relative to the second cell. In this manner, conditional cell placement is provided, thus providing flexibility and improved layout efficiency with regard to semiconductor fabrication, for example.