Cell architecture with intrinsic decoupling capacitor

    公开(公告)号:US10163884B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-25

    申请号:US15667576

    申请日:2017-08-02

    Abstract: An IC includes an array of cells and a first set of endcap cells. The array of cells includes a first set of Mx layer power interconnects coupled to a first voltage, a first set of Mx layer interconnects, a second set of Mx layer power interconnects coupled to a second voltage source, and a second set of Mx layer interconnects. The first set of endcap cells includes first and second sets of Mx+1 layer interconnects. The first set of Mx+1 layer interconnects is coupled to the first set of Mx layer power interconnects and to the second set of Mx layer interconnects to provide a first set of decoupling capacitors. The second set of Mx+1 layer interconnects is coupled to the second set of Mx layer power interconnects and to the first set of Mx layer interconnects to provide a second set of decoupling capacitors.

    Analog-mixed signal circuit cells with universal Fin pitch and poly pitch

    公开(公告)号:US10978437B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US16456311

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Abstract: An integrated circuit, comprising a transistor-based cell comprising a set of fin field effect transistors (Fin FETs) chained together in a first direction, wherein the set of Fin FETs include fins extending longitudinally along the first direction and equally-spaced apart in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction by a fin pitch, and a set of polysilicon gates extending longitudinally along the second direction and equally-spaced apart in the first direction by a poly pitch, wherein a first dimension of the transistor-based cell along the first direction is substantially a first integer multiplied by the poly pitch, and wherein a second dimension of the transistor-based cell along the second direction is substantially a second integer multiplied by the fin pitch. The integrated circuit may include other non-transistor-based cells (e.g., passive cells), such as thin-film resistor or capacitor cells, which are arranged in a two-dimensional array with the transistor-based cell.

    Thin-film resistors with flexible terminal placement for area saving

    公开(公告)号:US11056253B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-06

    申请号:US16800949

    申请日:2020-02-25

    Abstract: An apparatus including a dielectric layer; and a set of thin-film resistors arranged in a row extending in a first direction on the dielectric layer, wherein lengths of the set of thin-film resistors in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction are substantially the same, wherein the set of thin-film resistors includes a first subset of one or more thin-film resistors with respective terminals spaced apart by a first distance, and wherein the set of thin-film resistors includes a second subset of one or more thin-film resistors with respective terminals spaced apart by a second distance, the first distance being different than the second distance.

    Thin-film resistors with flexible terminal placement for area saving

    公开(公告)号:US11424054B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17334402

    申请日:2021-05-28

    Abstract: An apparatus including a dielectric layer; and a set of thin-film resistors arranged in a row extending in a first direction on the dielectric layer, wherein lengths of the set of thin-film resistors in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction are substantially the same, wherein the set of thin-film resistors includes a first subset of one or more thin-film resistors with respective terminals spaced apart by a first distance, and wherein the set of thin-film resistors includes a second subset of one or more thin-film resistors with respective terminals spaced apart by a second distance, the first distance being different than the second distance.

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