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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Marlin Wayne Frederick, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Karen Lee Delk, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/58 (2006.01); H01L 23/58 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/58 (2013.01); G06F 17/5077 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuitis formed with standard-cell power conductorswhich are overlaid by power grid conductors. The power grid conductors are offset in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the power grid conductors relative to their underlying standard-cell power conductor. This has the effect of increasing the conductor spacing possible to one side of the power grid conductor. Accordingly, a wider than minimum width power grid conductor may be provided which blocks only one of its adjacent track positions from being used by a routing conductor