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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Chi-wei HU, Pingzhen, TW;
Kuan-yu Lin, Zhudong Township, TW;
Wan-chun Chen, Taichung, TW;
Chin-chou Liu, Jhubei, TW;
Inventors:
Chi-Wei Hu, Pingzhen, TW;
Kuan-Yu Lin, Zhudong Township, TW;
Wan-Chun Chen, Taichung, TW;
Chin-Chou Liu, Jhubei, TW;
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 comprises selecting a region from a layout pattern of an integrated circuit, wherein the region comprises a plurality of functional units, and wherein the functional units are not coupled to each other through a variety of connection components, identifying hot spots in the region using a first threshold and inserting a plurality of decoupling capacitors adjacent to the hot spots.