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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chih Chi Hsiao, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jill Liu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Wei-Yi Hu, Hsinchu County, TW;
Jui-Feng Kuan, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yu-Ren Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;
Kuo-Ji Chen, Taipei County, TW;
Jian-Yi Li, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Ju Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
In some embodiments, in a method for considering in-phase grouping for a voltage-dependent design rule, for a first net and a second net in a schematic, first data for obtaining the differences between first voltage values of the first and second nets, and between second voltage values of the first and second nets is provided. For each of the first and second nets, the first voltage value is larger than the second voltage value. A layout for the schematic is generated. In the layout, a relationship of a first shape and a second shape associated with the first and the second nets, respectively, is defined using the first data.