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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chin-Hsiung Hsu, Guanyin Township, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Pin-Dai Sue, Tainan, TW;
Ching Hsiang Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Wen-Hao Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Cheng-I Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A system and method of determining a cell layout are disclosed. The method includes receiving a circuit design corresponding to a predetermined circuit design, the circuit design having a first set of cells and abutting adjacent cells in the first set of cells, the abutted cells having a first boundary pattern therebetween. The first boundary pattern is exchanged with a second boundary pattern based on a number or positions of signal wires in the first boundary pattern. A cell layout for use in a patterning process can then be determined, the cell layout including the second boundary pattern.