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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yi-Lin Chuang, Taipei, TW;
Chien-Hui Chen, Jhu-Dong Township, TW;
Wei-Pin Changchien, Taichung, TW;
Chin-Her Chien, Chung-Li, TW;
Nan-Hsin Tseng, Tainan, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Among other things, an integrated circuit and method for routing electrical pathways of an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit comprises a buffer chain coupling a first cell of the integrated circuit to a second cell of the integrated circuit. An electrical pathway coupling a first inverter of the buffer chain with a second inverter of the buffer chain extends through a first set of metal layers and is routed to form a pulse-like shape having an apex at a top layer of the first set.