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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Shang-Chih Hsieh, Yangmei, TW;
Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ting-Wei Chiang, New Taipei, TW;
Chun-Fu Chen, Chiayi, TW;
Hsiang-Jen Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit is manufactured by a predetermined manufacturing process having a nominal minimum pitch of metal lines. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of metal lines extending along a first direction and a plurality of standard cells under the plurality of metal lines. The plurality of metal lines is separated, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, by integral multiples of the nominal minimum pitch. The plurality of standard cells includes a first standard cell configured to perform a predetermined function and having a first layout and a second standard cell configured to perform the predetermined function and having a second layout different than the first layout. The first and second standard cells have a cell height (H) along the second direction, and the cell height being a non-integral multiple of the nominal minimum pitch.