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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Tsong-hua Ou, Taipei, TW;
Shu-min Chen, Yongkang, TW;
Pin-dai Sue, Tainan, TW;
Li-chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Ru-gun Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tsong-Hua Ou, Taipei, TW;
Shu-Min Chen, Yongkang, TW;
Pin-Dai Sue, Tainan, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Ru-Gun Liu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method of designing a standard cell includes determining a minimum fin pitch of semiconductor fins in the standard cell, wherein the semiconductor fins are portions of FinFETs; and determining a minimum metal pitch of metal lines in a bottom metal layer over the standard cell, wherein the minimum metal pitch is greater than the minimum fin pitch. The standard cell is placed in an integrated circuit and implemented on a semiconductor wafer.