摘要:
The present application discloses a method of generating an intellectual property (IP) block design kit including an IP block circuit design and a system-level characteristics table for manufacturing an integrated circuit. According at least one embodiment, the IP block circuit design is generated. The IP block circuit design is simulated based on predetermined configuration sets, and each configuration set has manufacturing options and/or operating conditions. A plurality of system-level models for the predetermined configuration sets are generated based on the simulation of the IP block circuit design. The system-level characteristics table is generated by arranging the predetermined configuration sets and the system-level models in compliance with a system-level characteristics table template of a system-level characteristics modeling device. Then the IP block circuit design and the system-level characteristics table are stored as the IP block design kit.
摘要:
A device includes a semiconductor substrate including an active region, a gate electrode directly over the active region, and a gate contact plug over and electrically coupled to the gate electrode. The gate contact plug includes at least a portion directly over, and vertically overlapping, the active region.
摘要:
A method of forming an integrated circuit structure on a chip includes extracting an active pattern including a diffusion region; enlarging the active pattern to form a dummy-forbidden region having a first edge and a second edge perpendicular to each other; and adding stress-blocking dummy diffusion regions throughout the chip, which includes adding a first stress-blocking dummy diffusion region adjacent and substantially parallel to the first edge of the dummy-forbidden region; and adding a second stress-blocking dummy diffusion region adjacent and substantially parallel to the second edge of the dummy-forbidden region. The method further includes, after the step of adding the stress-blocking dummy diffusion regions throughout the chip, adding general dummy diffusion regions into remaining spacings of the chip.
摘要:
An integrated circuit including type-1 cells and a type-2 cell is presented. The type-1 cells have poly lines with a default poly pitch. The type-2 cell has poly lines with a non-default poly pitch. A first boundary region has at least one isolation area that lies between the type-1 cells and the type-2 cell in the X-direction. The first boundary region includes at least one merged dummy poly line, wherein the at least one merged dummy poly line has a first portion that complies with the default poly pitch of the type-1 cells and a second portion that complies with the non-default poly pitch of the type-2 cell.
摘要:
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes an active region in a semiconductor substrate; a first field effect transistor (FET) disposed in the active region; and an isolation structure disposed in the active region. The FET includes a first gate; a first source formed in the active region and disposed on a first region adjacent the first gate from a first side; and a first drain formed in the active region and disposed on a second region adjacent the first gate from a second side. The isolation structure includes an isolation gate disposed adjacent the first drain; and an isolation source formed in the active region and disposed adjacent the isolation gate such that the isolation source and the first drain are on different sides of the isolation gate.
摘要:
Disclosed is a system, method, and computer-readable medium for designing a circuit and/or IC chip to be provided using an optical shrink technology node. Initial design data may be provided in a first technology node and through the use of embedding scaling factors in one or more EDA tools of the design flow, a design (e.g., mask data) can be generated for the circuit in an optical shrink technology node. Examples of EDA tools in which embedded scaling factors may be provided are simulation models and extraction tools including LPE decks and RC extraction technology files.
摘要:
A de-coupling capacitor module using dummy conductive elements in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The de-coupling module comprises at least one circuit module having one or more active nodes, and at least one dummy conductive element unconnected to any active node, and separated from a high voltage conductor or a low voltage conductor by an insulation region to provide a de-coupling capacitance.
摘要:
A de-coupling capacitor module using dummy conductive elements in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The de-coupling module comprises at least one circuit module having one or more active nodes, and at least one dummy conductive element unconnected to any active node, and separated from a high voltage conductor or a low voltage conductor by an insulation region to provide a de-coupling capacitance.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for determining a size of an interconnect between a first and a second conductor respectively in two layers of an integrated circuit while scaling from a reference processing technology to a predetermined processing technology. The method comprises selecting a set of design rules for the conductors based on the predetermined processing technology, determining a length of a first side of a rectangular cross sectional area of the interconnect based on the design rules and a scaling rule for scaling such a length from the reference processing technology to the predetermined processing technology, and determining a length of a second side of the cross sectional area of the interconnect for compensating an increase of a resistance of the interconnect due to the scaling from the reference processing technology to the predetermined processing technology.
摘要:
A semiconductor structure includes a first conductive line for connecting to a power supply, and a second conductive line for connecting to a complementary power supply. At least one spare cell is decoupled from the first or second conductive line for being selectively connected to at lease one normal cell, the first conductive line and the second conductive line only when an engineering change order is placed.