INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME

A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) includes generating a netlist of a first circuit, generating a first cell layout of the first circuit, placing the first cell layout, by an automatic placement and routing (APR) tool, in a first region of a layout design. The first circuit is configured...

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Hauptverfasser: YANG, Jung-Chan, CHEN, Xiangdong, LI, Johnny Chiahao, ZHUANG, Hui-Zhong, KAO, Jerry Chang Jui, LI, Jian-Sing
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) includes generating a netlist of a first circuit, generating a first cell layout of the first circuit, placing the first cell layout, by an automatic placement and routing (APR) tool, in a first region of a layout design. The first circuit is configured as a non-functional circuit. The first circuit includes a first pin and a second pin that are electrically disconnected from each other. Generating the netlist of the first circuit includes designating the first pin and the second pin as a first group of pins that are to be connected together. Placing the first cell layout by the APR tool includes connecting the first pin and the second pin in the first group of pins together thereby changing the first circuit to a second circuit. The second circuit is configured as a functional version of the first circuit.