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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
King-Ho Tam, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yen-Pin Chen, Taipei, TW;
Wen-Hao Chen, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-Hsing Wang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); G06F 17/5031 (2013.01); G06F 17/5068 (2013.01); G06F 17/5081 (2013.01); G06F 2217/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, in a method performed by at least one processor, a cell is characterized, by the at least one processor, with respect to an input transition characteristic considering different circuit topologies of a pre-driver driving the cell resulting in the same input transition characteristic.