Abstract:
Systems on chips are provided. A system on chip (SoC) includes a first gate line, a second gate line and a third gate line extending in a first direction, a gate isolation region cutting the first gate line, the second gate line and the third gate line and extending in a second direction across the first direction, a first gate contact formed on the second gate line arranged between the first gate line and the third gate line, and electrically connecting the cut second gate line, a second gate contact formed on the first gate line, a third gate contact formed on the third gate line, a first metal line electrically connecting the second gate contact and the third gate contact, and a second metal line electrically connected to the first gate contact.
Abstract:
A method of designing a semiconductor device and system for designing a semiconductor device are provided. The method of designing a semiconductor device includes providing a standard cell layout which includes an active region and a dummy region; determining a first fin pitch between a first active fin and a second active fin in the active region and a second fin pitch between a first dummy fin and a second dummy fin in the dummy region; placing the first and second active fins in the active region and the first and second dummy fins in the dummy region using the first and second fin pitches; and verifying the standard cell layout.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) may include at least one cell including a plurality of conductive lines that extend in a first direction and are in parallel to each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, first contacts respectively disposed at two sides of at least one conductive line from among the plurality of conductive lines, and a second contact disposed on the at least one conductive line and the first contacts and forming a single node by being electrically connected to the at least one conductive line and the first contacts.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit, a system for carrying out the method, and a system for verifying an integrated circuit may use a standard cell layout including a first layout region that may violate design rules. The method for designing an integrated circuit may comprise receiving a data file that includes a scaling enhanced circuit layout, and designing a first standard cell layout using design rules and the data file. The designing the first standard cell layout may include designing a first layout region of the first standard cell layout using the data file, and designing a second region of the first standard cell layout using the design rules.
Abstract:
A layout design system includes a processor; a storage unit configured to store a first unit design having a first area, wherein in the first unit design, a termination is not placed on a border thereof; and a design module configured to generate a second unit design having a second area larger than the first area by placing the termination on a border of the first unit.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) may include at least one cell including a plurality of conductive lines that extend in a first direction and are in parallel to each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, first contacts respectively disposed at two sides of at least one conductive line from among the plurality of conductive lines, and a second contact disposed on the at least one conductive line and the first contacts and forming a single node by being electrically connected to the at least one conductive line and the first contacts.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes an integrated circuit comprising a standard cell, the standard cell comprising: first and second active regions having different conductivity types and extending in a first direction; first, second, and third conductive lines extending over the first and second active regions in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and disposed parallel to each other; and a cutting layer extending in the first direction between the first and second active regions and separating the first conductive line into a first upper conductive line and a first lower conductive line, the second conductive line into a second upper conductive line and a second lower conductive line, and the third conductive line into a third upper conductive line and a third lower conductive line; wherein: the first upper conductive line and the third lower conductive line are electrically connected together; and the second upper conductive line and the second lower conductive line are electrically connected together.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments of inventive concepts, a method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit includes: creating a marking layer that indicates at least one semiconductor device of a plurality of semiconductor devices that is to be changed in at least one of width, height, and space thereof from an adjacent semiconductor device; and applying the marking layer to a previously created layout to generate a new library of the at least one semiconductor device that is changed in at least one of width, height, and space from an adjacent semiconductor device. The marking layer may be based on a change in characteristics of the at least one semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices.
Abstract:
According to example embodiments of inventive concepts, a method of designing a semiconductor integrated circuit includes: creating a marking layer that indicates at least one semiconductor device of a plurality of semiconductor devices that is to be changed in at least one of width, height, and space thereof from an adjacent semiconductor device; and applying the marking layer to a previously created layout to generate a new library of the at least one semiconductor device that is changed in at least one of width, height, and space from an adjacent semiconductor device. The marking layer may be based on a change in characteristics of the at least one semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices.
Abstract:
An embodiment includes an integrated circuit comprising a standard cell, the standard cell comprising: first and second active regions having different conductivity types and extending in a first direction; first, second, and third conductive lines extending over the first and second active regions in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and disposed parallel to each other; and a cutting layer extending in the first direction between the first and second active regions and separating the first conductive line into a first upper conductive line and a first lower conductive line, the second conductive line into a second upper conductive line and a second lower conductive line, and the third conductive line into a third upper conductive line and a third lower conductive line; wherein: the first upper conductive line and the third lower conductive line are electrically connected together; and the second upper conductive line and the second lower conductive line are electrically connected together.