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公开(公告)号:US11552069B1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-10
申请号:US17463241
申请日:2021-08-31
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Jung-Chan Yang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Chih-Liang Chen , Kuo-Nan Yang
IPC: H01L27/02 , G06F1/3287
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first, second and third power rail, and a header circuit coupled to a gated circuit. The gated circuit is configured to operate on a first or second voltage. The first and second power rail are on a back-side of a wafer, and extend in a first direction. The header circuit is configured to supply the first voltage to the gated circuit by the first power rail. The second power rail is separated from the first power rail in a second direction. The second power rail is configured to supply the second voltage to the gated circuit. The third power rail is on a front-side of the wafer and includes a first set of conductors extending in the second direction, and separated in the first direction. Each of the first set of conductors is configured to supply a third voltage to the header circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US12205941B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US17727338
申请日:2022-04-22
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Jung-Chan Yang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Chih-Liang Chen
IPC: H01L27/02 , H01L23/522
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a set of active regions, a first set of contacts, a set of gates, a first set of power rails and a first set of vias. The set of active regions extends in a first direction. The first set of contacts overlaps the set of active regions, and a first and a second cell boundary of the integrated circuit that extends in a second direction. The set of gates extends in the second direction, overlaps the set of active regions, and is between the first and second cell boundary. The first set of power rails extends in the first direction, and overlaps at least the first set of contacts. The first set of vias electrically couples the first set of contacts and the first set of power rails together. The set of active regions extend continuously through the first cell boundary and the second cell boundary.
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公开(公告)号:US11756952B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US18066154
申请日:2022-12-14
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Jung-Chan Yang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Chih-Liang Chen , Kuo-Nan Yang
IPC: H01L27/02 , G06F1/3287
CPC classification number: H01L27/0207 , G06F1/3287
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a gated circuit configured to operate on a first or second voltage, a header circuit, a first power rail and a second power rail on a back-side of a wafer, a third power rail on the back-side of the wafer, and a fourth power rail on a front-side of the wafer. The first and second power rail extend in a first direction, and are separated from each other in a second direction. The third power rail is between the first and second power rail in the second direction. The third power rail is configured to supply the second voltage to the gated circuit. The fourth power rail includes a first set of conductors extending in the second direction. Each of the first set of conductors is configured to supply a third voltage to the header circuit, and is separated from each other in the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11080461B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-03
申请号:US17027023
申请日:2020-09-21
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Ting-Wei Chiang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Jung-Chan Yang
IPC: G06F30/398 , G06F30/347 , G06F30/3947 , G06F30/3953 , G06F30/392 , H03K19/00 , H01L25/00 , G06F111/04 , H03K19/018 , H03K19/0175 , H03K19/0185 , H03K17/687 , H03K19/17736
Abstract: A system for preparing an integrated circuit device design includes a memory for storing a plurality of preliminary integrated circuit design files; a processor for retrieving a preliminary integrated circuit design file from the memory; locating vertical abutments between adjacent device cell designs, identifying internal metal cuts on the adjacent device cell designs; determining and evaluating a horizontal spacing between the internal metal cuts a spacing threshold; and if the threshold is note met, shifting one cell horizontally relative to the other cell design by a predetermined distance to define a modified device layout, repeating the determining, evaluating, and shifting operations until the spacing threshold is satisfied; and identifying a next vertical abutment between and repeating the identifying, determining, shifting operations until the spacing threshold has been satisfied for all vertical abutments.
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公开(公告)号:US12218670B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US18333402
申请日:2023-06-12
Inventor: I-Wen Wang , Po-Chih Cheng , Jia-Hong Gao , Kuang-Ching Chang , Tzu-Ying Lin , Jerry Chang Jui Kao
IPC: H03K3/3562
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first clocked forwarding-switch and a second clocked forwarding-switch each implemented with strong transistors in at least one strong active-region structure. The integrated circuit also includes a first clocked inverter and a second clocked inverter each implemented with weak transistors in at least one weak active-region structure. The integrated circuit further includes a first inverter cross coupled with the first clocked inverter and a second inverter cross coupled with the second clocked inverter. An output of the first clocked forwarding-switch is conductively connected with an output of the first clocked inverter, and an output of the second clocked forwarding-switch is conductively connected with an output of the second clocked inverter.
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公开(公告)号:US12199615B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18309217
申请日:2023-04-28
Inventor: Yueh Chiang , Shang-Hsuan Chiu , Ming-Xiang Lu , Kuang-Ching Chang
IPC: H03K3/356 , G06F30/39 , H01L27/02 , H01L27/092 , H03K3/3562 , H03K19/20
Abstract: A flip-flop includes a first input circuit, a first NOR logic gate, a stacked gate circuit, a first NAND logic gate and an output circuit. The first input circuit generates a first signal responsive to at least a first data signal, a first or a second clock signal. The first NOR logic gate is coupled between a first and a second node, and generates a second signal responsive to the first signal and a first reset signal. The stacked gate circuit is coupled between the first and a third node, and generates a third signal responsive to the first signal. The first NAND logic gate is coupled between the third and a fourth node, and generates a fourth signal responsive to the third signal and a second reset signal. The output circuit is coupled to the fourth node, and generates a first output signal responsive to the fourth signal.
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公开(公告)号:US12033998B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US18363230
申请日:2023-08-01
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Jung-Chan Yang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Chih-Liang Chen , Kuo-Nan Yang
IPC: H01L27/02 , G06F1/3287
CPC classification number: H01L27/0207 , G06F1/3287
Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a gated circuit configured to operate on at least a first or a second voltage, a header circuit coupled to the gated circuit, a first and second power rail on a back-side of a wafer, and a third power rail on a front-side of the wafer. The header circuit is configured to supply the first voltage to the gated circuit by the first power rail. The first power rail includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the third portion being between the first portion and the second portion. The second power rail is configured to supply the second voltage to the gated circuit, and is between the first portion and the second portion. The third power rail includes a first set of conductors. Each of the first set of conductors being configured to supply a third voltage to the header circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US10783313B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US16549943
申请日:2019-08-23
Inventor: Kuang-Ching Chang , Ting-Wei Chiang , Hui-Zhong Zhuang , Jung-Chan Yang
IPC: G06F17/50 , H01L25/00 , H03K19/00 , H03K17/00 , G06F30/398 , G06F111/04 , G06F30/347 , H03K19/018 , G06F30/3947 , H03K19/0175 , H03K19/0185 , H03K17/687 , G06F30/3953 , H03K19/17736 , G06F30/392
Abstract: A method of preparing an integrated circuit device design including analyzing a preliminary device layout to identify a vertical abutment between a first cell and a second cell, the locations of, and spacing between, internal metal cuts within the first and second cells, indexing the second cell relative to the first cell by N CPP to define one or more intermediate device layouts to define a modified device layout with improved internal metal cut spacing in order to suppress BGE and LE.
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