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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Jyun-Hao Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-Wei Chiang, New Taipei, TW;
Fong-Yuan Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
I-Lun Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Po-Hsiang Huang, Tainan, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of global connection routing includes determining a global connection tolerance of a cell for use in a circuit layout, wherein the cell comprises a plurality of pins, and a plurality of routing tracks are defined with respect to the cell. The method further includes determining a number of blocked tracks within the cell. The method further includes comparing the global connection tolerance with the number of blocked tracks. The method further includes adjusting a location of the cell within the circuit layout if the global connection tolerance and the number of blocked tracks fail to satisfy a predetermined condition.