摘要:
A gate-array chip comprises a plurality of basic-cell arrays (40) arranged parallel to one another on a semiconductor bulk (60), and a plurality of impurity regions (50) formed on the semiconductor bulk and in regions between the basic-cell arrays. The impurity regions and part of the basic-cell arrays are adapted to form input/output circuits (10) whereby the gate-array chip can be divided into several chips each having a desired size and a desired number of gates.
摘要:
Gate array LSI's are produced with the aid of a standard layout pattern defining a basic cell array region (2), on which internal cell arrays are arranged, and a peripheral circuit region (3), arranged on the periphery of the basic cell array region. The peripheral circuit region comprises input/output cell regions (7), for constructing an input buffer circuit and a part of an output circuit, and a general purpose cell array region (4) which can be used for constructing remaining parts of the output buffer circuit. Where the general purpose cell array region is not used in the construction of such a buffer circuit it can be used for constructing various other desired circuits. Thus greater design flexibility is made available.