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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Younsung Choi, Allen, TX (US);
Shashank Ekbote, Allen, TX (US);
Gregory Charles Baldwin, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01); G03F 1/00 (2012.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66545 (2013.01); G03F 1/144 (2013.01); G06F 17/5072 (2013.01); H01L 21/0271 (2013.01); H01L 21/28123 (2013.01); H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); G06F 2217/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for increasing the performance of an integrated circuit by reducing the number of dummy gate geometries next to transistors in the speed path of an integrated circuit.