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- Patent Title: Method of laying out a semiconductor device based on switching activity and semiconductor device produced thereby
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Application No.: US15701110Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10103715B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Taehee Lee , Joon-Sung Yang
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Volentine, Whitt & Francos, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2016-0147685 20161107
- Main IPC: H01L25/00
- IPC: H01L25/00 ; H03K3/012 ; G06F17/50 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
A method of laying out a semiconductor device includes arranging a flip-flop in the semiconductor device, and rearranging the flip-flop to a selected location in the semiconductor device. The flip-flop may be configured to receive a clock from a clock gating cell through a clock line, to receive an input signal through an input line, and to output an output signal through an output line. The flip-flop may be rearranged based on a length of the clock line, the number of times the clock line is toggled per reference time, a length of the input line, a length of the output line, and at least one of: the number of times that the input signal is toggled per the reference time, and the number of times that the output signal is toggled per the reference time.
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