18452947. NON-RECTANGULAR CELL LAYOUT METHOD AND SYSTEM (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, LTD.)
NON-RECTANGULAR CELL LAYOUT METHOD AND SYSTEM
Organization Name
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, LTD.
Inventor(s)
Mohammed Zackriya Vanaikar of Hsinchu (TW)
NON-RECTANGULAR CELL LAYOUT METHOD AND SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18452947 titled 'NON-RECTANGULAR CELL LAYOUT METHOD AND SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
A method includes arranging first and second rows of gate regions in a cell. The first row has a first width extending from first to last gate regions and equal to a first multiple of a gate region pitch. The second row has a second width extending from first to last gate regions and equal to a second multiple of the gate region pitch greater than the first multiple. The method includes defining first through fourth cell border segments by extending the first and second segments along the first and last gate regions of the first row, and extending the third and fourth segments along the first and last gate regions of the second row, whereby the border is non-rectangular based on one or both of the first and third segments or the second and fourth segments being unaligned with each other, and storing the cell in a storage device.
