TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC Nanjing Company Limited (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Liu, Jun-Cheng
Zhu, Zhi-Min
Huang, Chien-Yu
Wu, Ching-Wei
Abrégé
A memory device is provided, including at least one bit cell, a pair of transistors, and a voltage generation circuit. The voltage generation circuit is coupled to the negative voltage line and is configured to pull down a voltage of at least one of the pair of data lines to a negative voltage level through the negative voltage line. The voltage generation circuit includes a first capacitive unit, a second capacitive unit, and a switch circuit. The first capacitive unit includes a first capacitor. The second capacitive unit includes a second capacitor. The switch circuit is configured to connect the first capacitor, the second capacitor, or the combination thereof to the negative voltage line in response to a first kick signal and a second kick signal that are different from each other.
G11C 11/4074 - Circuits d'alimentation ou de génération de tension, p.ex. générateurs de tension de polarisation, générateurs de tension de substrat, alimentation de secours, circuits de commande d'alimentation
G11C 11/4094 - Circuits de commande ou de gestion de lignes de bits
G11C 11/4096 - Circuits de commande ou de gestion d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits pour la lecture ou l'écriture, circuits d'attaque d'entrée/sortie ou commutateurs de lignes de bits
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Zhou
Shih, Ying-Jhih
Huang, Chien-Yu
Liu, Jun-Cheng
Wu, Ching-Wei
Abrégé
A memory device is provided, including at least one inverter, a transistor coupled between the at least one inverter and a bit line, and an assist circuit coupled to the bit line, configured to provide a negative voltage to the bit line, and configured to pull down a power supply voltage provided to the at least one inverter.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Tai, Wen Feng
Yu, Lung Chi
Wang, Po Chang
Chang, Jui Pin
Abrégé
A coupling including a main body, a first hub at a first end of the main body and a second hub at a second end of the main body opposite the first end is provided. The first hub includes a first inner bore configured to receive a first shaft and a pair of aligned first and second through holes extending through opposite walls of the first hub. The first through hole and the second through hole are in optical communication with the first inner bore.
F16D 3/72 - Accouplements extensibles, c. à d. avec moyens permettant le mouvement entre parties accouplées durant leur entraînement avec pièces d'accouplement reliées par un ou plusieurs organes intermédiaires avec des fixations aux pièces d'accouplement axialement espacées
F16B 7/00 - Assemblages de barres ou assemblages de tubes, p.ex. de section non circulaire, y compris les assemblages élastiques
F16D 3/74 - Accouplements extensibles, c. à d. avec moyens permettant le mouvement entre parties accouplées durant leur entraînement avec pièces d'accouplement reliées par un ou plusieurs organes intermédiaires avec des fixations aux pièces d'accouplement axialement espacées l'organe ou les organes intermédiaires étant en caoutchouc ou faits d'un autre matériau flexible
G01V 8/20 - Détection, p.ex. en utilisant des barrières de lumière en utilisant plusieurs émetteurs ou récepteurs
G05B 15/02 - Systèmes commandés par un calculateur électriques
G08B 5/36 - Systèmes de signalisation optique, p.ex. systèmes d'appel de personnes, indication à distance de l'occupation de sièges utilisant une transmission électromécanique utilisant des sources de lumière visible
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yin, Xing Chao
Xian, Huaixin
Zhuang, Hui-Zhong
Chien, Yung-Chen
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Chen, Xiangdong
Abrégé
A method (of manufacturing) includes forming transistor components connected as transistors resulting in: first to third transistor-component (TC) sets being a primary latch, a secondary latch and a clock buffer that comprise D flip-flop (DFF); the primary latch including a first sleepy inverter and a first non-sleepy (NS) inverter; the secondary latch including a second sleepy inverter and a second NS inverter; the clock buffer including third and fourth NS inverters; a first group of some but not all of the transistors having members with a standard threshold voltage (Vt_std members); a second group of some but not all of the transistors having members with a low threshold voltage; and transistors which comprise at least one of the first NS inverter or the second NS inverter being Vt_low members of the second group.
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
5.
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PHOTORESIST COATING OPERATIONS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chen, Chun-Ming
Lin, Chien-Liang
Wang, Chun-Hsiang
Tsai, Jen-Yu
Abrégé
A coating system and a method for using such a system comprising a vessel, a flexible container within the vessel, and a coating apparatus. The flexible container includes an outlet port, wherein the flexible container is configured to contract in response to an increase in pressure within the vessel. The flexible container is configured to output a coating composition through the outlet port in response to contraction. The coating apparatus is configured to receive the coating composition from the outlet port and in some embodiments, deliver the coating composition to a wafer surface.
H01L 21/027 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou
B05B 12/08 - Aménagements de commande de la distribution; Aménagements de réglage de l’aire de pulvérisation sensibles à l'état du liquide ou d'un autre matériau fluide expulsé, du milieu ambiant ou de la cible
B05C 11/10 - Stockage, débit ou réglage du liquide ou d'un autre matériau fluide; Récupération de l'excès de liquide ou d'un autre matériau fluide
G03F 7/16 - Procédés de couchage; Appareillages à cet effet
H01L 21/67 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitement; Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC Nanjing Company Limited (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Tai, Meng
Liao, Chia-Chun
Tan, Shiwen
Liu, Song
Jin, Cheng
Abrégé
A method is provided, including following operations: receiving, by a static voltage drop (SIR) prediction circuitry, floorplan data of a floorplan layout of a semiconductor device; generating a first SIR result by a machine learning model based on the floorplan data; generating a first similarity value based on a comparison of the floorplan data with a plurality of training data; generating a second SIR result based on the first SIR result and a first compensation value, corresponding to the first similarity value, in a mapping table; and generating a bump assignment data to update the floorplan data based on a comparison between the second SIR result with a plurality of predetermined SIR values.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
7.
MULTIPLEXER FOR SDFQ HAVING DIFFERENTLY-SIZED SCAN AND DATA TRANSISTORS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Huang, Changlin
Meng, Qingchao
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes first active regions extending in a first direction and having a first number of fins; second active regions extending in the first direction and having a second number of fins, the second number of fins being less than the first number of fins; data transistors formed at least in part in the first active regions; and scan transistors formed at least in part in the second active regions. The data transistors and the scan transistors are included in a scan insertion D flip-flop (SDFQ) that includes a multiplexer serially connected at an internal node to a D flip-flop (FF), the multiplexer including the data transistors for selecting a data input signal, and including the scan transistors for selecting a scan input signal.
G01R 31/3185 - Reconfiguration pour les essais, p.ex. LSSD, découpage
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H03K 3/353 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors à effet de champ avec réaction positive interne ou externe
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsu, Min Han
Chen, Chun-Chang
Tsao, Jung-Chih
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes a connector layer; a dielectric layer over the connector layer; and a conductive element in the dielectric layer, the conductive element including: a first region having a first uniform width; a second region having a second uniform width, wherein the second uniform width is less than the first uniform width; and a shoulder between the first region and the second region, wherein an angle of the shoulder relative to a top surface of the connector layer is greater than 20 degrees and less than 70 degrees.
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 21/033 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou comportant des couches inorganiques
H01L 21/285 - Dépôt de matériaux conducteurs ou isolants pour les électrodes à partir d'un gaz ou d'une vapeur, p.ex. condensation
H01L 21/288 - Dépôt de matériaux conducteurs ou isolants pour les électrodes à partir d'un liquide, p.ex. dépôt électrolytique
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
H01L 23/532 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées caractérisées par les matériaux
9.
SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL VERIFICATION RUNTIME REDUCTION AND METHOD OF USING SAME
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Liao, Chia-Chun
Dai, Shuang
Chen, Yawen
Wu, Meng-Hsuan
Abrégé
A method of performing a design rule check includes clustering at least one of a plurality of rules with overlapping operations from a plurality of operations or the plurality of operations with overlapping rules from the plurality of rules. The method further includes at least one of transforming at least one of the clustered plurality of operations into a first operation group or a second operation group, or transforming at least one of the clustered plurality of rules into a first rule group or a second rule group. The method even further includes at least one of assigning at least one of the first operation group to a first processor or the second operation group to a second processor, or assigning at least one of the first rule group to the first processor or the second rule group to the second processor.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
10.
METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DAISY-CHAINED DELAY CELLS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Lei, Longbiao
Goa, Senpei
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Abrégé
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first row of transistors extending in a first direction and including dummy transistors and active transistors. The first row includes, in a sequence from a first end to a second end, at least a first dummy group, a first delay cell, a second delay cell, and a second dummy group. The first dummy group is formed of one or more dummy transistors. The second dummy group is formed of one or more dummy transistors. The first delay cell is formed of active transistors configured as a basic inverter and a float-resistant inverter. The second delay cell is formed of active transistors configured as at least one inverter. The first row is free of dummy transistors between the first delay cell and the second delay cell.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsieh, Sheng-Lin
Chen, I-Chih
Hsieh, Ching-Pei
Chen, Kuan Jung
Abrégé
A method of forming a semiconductor device structure includes forming a first resist structure over a hard mask. The method further includes patterning the first resist structure to form a trench therein. The method further includes performing a first hydrogen plasma treatment to the patterned first resist structure, wherein the first hydrogen plasma treatment is configured to smooth sidewalls of the trench. The method further includes patterning the hard mask using the patterned resist structure as an etch mask. The method further includes forming a second resist structure over the patterned hard mask. The method further includes patterning the second resist structure to form an opening therein. The method further includes performing a second hydrogen plasma treatment to the patterned second resist structure. The method further includes patterning the patterned hard mask using the patterned second resist structure as a second etch mask.
H01L 21/027 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou
H01L 21/033 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou comportant des couches inorganiques
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
12.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND AN OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Kai
Pan, Lei
Ma, Ya-Qi
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a control circuit and first to second voltage generation circuits. The control circuit is coupled between a first voltage terminal providing a first supply voltage and a first node coupled to a first capacitive unit. The first voltage generation circuit includes at least one first transistor that has a source terminal receiving a second supply voltage, a drain terminal coupled to a second node in contact with a second capacitive unit, and a gate terminal coupled to the first node. The second voltage generation circuit is coupled to the first voltage terminal and the first and second nodes. Firstly the control circuit turns on the at least one first transistor to adjust a voltage level of the second node to have the second supply voltage. The second voltage generation circuit adjusts a voltage level of the first node to have the first supply voltage.
H02H 9/04 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion sensibles à un excès de tension
H03K 17/56 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
13.
STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY WITH ADAPTIVE PRECHARGE SIGNAL GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO TRACKING OPERATION
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC Nanjing Company Limited (Chine)
TSMC China Company Limited (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Kong, Lu-Ping
Jiang, Wei-Yang
Abrégé
A device is provided. The device includes multiple transistors, a first sense circuit, and a precharge circuit. The transistors are coupled to a tracking bit line and configured to generate a first tracking signal. The first sense circuit is configured to generate a first sense tracking signal in response to the first tracking signal. The precharge circuit is configured to generate, in response to a rising edge and a falling edge of the first sense tracking signal, a precharge signal for precharging data lines.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Meng, Qingchao
Zhou, Yang
Hsieh, Shang-Chih
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a first time delay circuit, a second time delay circuit, and a master-slave flip-flop having a gated input circuit and a transmission gate. The transmission gate is configured to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal to control a transmission state of the transmission gate. The gated input circuit is configured to have an input transmission state controlled by the third clock signal at the second output of the second time delay circuit. The second time delay circuit further includes a second gate-conductor and a second gate via-connector in direct contact with the second gate-conductor. The second gate-conductor intersects a first-type active region structure and a second-type active region structure in a second area, and wherein at least a portion of the second gate via-connector is atop the second-type active region structure
H01L 27/105 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant une pluralité de composants individuels dans une configuration répétitive comprenant des composants à effet de champ
H01L 29/06 - Corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par les formes, les dimensions relatives, ou les dispositions des régions semi-conductrices
H01L 29/10 - Corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par les formes, les dimensions relatives, ou les dispositions des régions semi-conductrices avec des régions semi-conductrices connectées à une électrode ne transportant pas le courant à redresser, amplifier ou commuter, cette électrode faisant partie d'un dispositif à semi-conducteur qui comporte trois électrodes ou plus
H01L 29/417 - Electrodes caractérisées par leur forme, leurs dimensions relatives ou leur disposition relative transportant le courant à redresser, à amplifier ou à commuter
H03K 3/288 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable utilisant des transistors additionnels dans le circuit d'entrée
H03K 3/289 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable du type maître-esclave
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Huang, Yi Yun
Lin, Feng
Xie, Siliang
Liu, Pingping
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
A delay-enhanced inverter circuit (DE-inverter) includes: a non-delay-enhanced inverter circuit (NE-inverter) having an output at a first node and an input at a second node; and a capacitive device feedback-coupled between the first node and the second node. The capacitive device includes: a first positive-channel metal-oxide (PMOS) field-effect transistor (FET) (PFET) feedback-coupled between the first node and the second node, the first PFET having a capacitor-configuration; and a first negative-channel metal-oxide (NMOS) FET (NFET) feedback-coupled feedback-between the first node and the first reference voltage, the first NFET having a capacitor-configuration.
H03K 19/0185 - Dispositions pour le couplage; Dispositions pour l'interface utilisant uniquement des transistors à effet de champ
H03K 19/00 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion
H03K 19/0948 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs utilisant des transistors à effet de champ utilisant des transistors MOSFET utilisant des dispositifs CMOS
16.
SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR CONTROLLING TIMING OF SIGNAL IN MEMORY DEVICE
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Ye, Mu-Yang
Kong, Lu-Ping
Chang, Ming-Hung
Abrégé
A device includes a memory array, bit line pairs, word lines, a modulation circuit and a control signal generator. The memory array has bit cells arranged in rows and columns. Each bit line pair is connected to a respective column of bit cells. Each word line is connected to a respective row of bit cells. The modulation circuit is coupled with at least one bit line pair. The control signal generator is coupled with the modulation circuit. The control signal generator includes a tracking wiring with a tracking length positively correlated with a depth distance of the word lines. The control signal generator is configured to produce a control signal, switching to a first voltage level for a first time duration in reference with the tracking length, for controlling the modulation circuit. A method of controlling aforesaid device is also disclosed.
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
17.
Level shifter circuit and method of operating the same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Pan, Lei
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes an input circuit coupled to a first voltage supply, and configured to receive a first input signal, and to generate at least a second or a third input signal, and a level shifter circuit coupled to the input circuit and a second voltage supply, and configured to receive a first enable signal, the second or third input signal, and to generate a first signal responsive to the first enable signal, the second or third input signal. The input circuit includes a first set of transistors having a first threshold voltage. The first set of transistors includes a first set of active regions extending in a first direction. The level shifter circuit includes a second set of transistors having a second threshold voltage. The second set of transistors includes a second set of active regions extending in the first direction.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Tan, Shi-Wen
Liu, Song
Lin, Shih-Yao
Fang, Wen-Yuan
Abrégé
A method is provided and includes several operations: arranging multiple channels extending in a first direction; arranging, in accordance with multiple weights of multiple macros, a first portion of the macro closer to a centroid of a core region of an integrated circuit than a second portion of the macros; and arranging the macros on opposite sides of the channels. The macros have multiple pins coupled to the channels interposed between the macros.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
19.
METHOD OF TESTING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND TESTING SYSTEM
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Patidar, Ankita
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method of testing an integrated circuit on a test circuit board includes performing, by a processor, a simulation of a first heat distribution throughout an integrated circuit design, and simultaneously performing a burn-in test of the integrated circuit and an automated test of the integrated circuit. The burn-in test has a minimum burn-in temperature of the integrated circuit or a burn-in heat distribution across the integrated circuit that includes a set of circuit blocks or a first set of heaters. The integrated circuit design corresponding to the integrated circuit. The performing the simulation includes determining a heat signature of the integrated circuit design from configured power information or location information for each circuit block of the set of circuit blocks or each heater of the set of heaters included in the integrated circuit design. The heat signature includes heat values distributed throughout the integrated circuit design.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
20.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Lin, Han-Yu
Lee, Fang-Wei
Lam, Kai-Tak
Putikam, Raghunath
Shen, Tzer-Min
Lin, Li-Te
Lin, Pinyen
Yang, Cheng-Tzu
Lee, Tzu-Li
Lin, Tze-Chung
Abrégé
A method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate, wherein the fin structure comprises first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over a substrate; forming a dummy gate structure over the fin structure; removing a portion of the fin structure uncovered by the dummy gate structure; performing a selective etching process to laterally recess the first semiconductor layers, including injecting a hydrogen-containing gas from a first gas source of a processing tool to the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers; and injecting an F2 gas from a second gas source of the processing tool to the first semiconductor layers and the second semiconductor layers; forming inner spacers on opposite end surfaces of the laterally recessed first semiconductor layers of the fin structure; and replacing the dummy gate structure and the first semiconductor layers with a metal gate structure.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Lin, Tzu-Ying
Han, Liu
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Meng, Qingchao
Chen, Xiangdong
Abrégé
A scan flip-flop circuit includes a selection circuit including first and second input terminals coupled to first and second I/O nodes, a flip-flop circuit coupled to the selection circuit, a first driver coupled between the flip-flop circuit and the first I/O node, and a second driver coupled between the flip-flop circuit and the second I/O node. The selection circuit and drivers receive a scan direction signal. In response to a first logic level of the scan direction signal, the selection circuit responds to a first signal received at the first input terminal, and the second driver outputs a second signal responsive to a flip-flop circuit output signal. In response to a second logic level of the scan direction signal, the selection circuit responds to a third signal received at the second input terminal, and the first driver outputs a fourth signal responsive to the flip-flop circuit output signal.
G01R 31/3177 - Tests de fonctionnement logique, p.ex. au moyen d'analyseurs logiques
G01R 31/3185 - Reconfiguration pour les essais, p.ex. LSSD, découpage
H03K 19/00 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion
H03K 19/0948 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion utilisant des éléments spécifiés utilisant des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs utilisant des transistors à effet de champ utilisant des transistors MOSFET utilisant des dispositifs CMOS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Zhou, Yang
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes at least one circuit having an input and an output, and an output connector electrically coupled to the output. The circuit further includes a plurality of transistors electrically coupled with each other between the input and the output. The output is in a first metal layer. The output connector includes a first conductive pattern in the first metal layer, and a second conductive pattern in a second metal layer different from the first metal layer. The second conductive pattern electrically couples the output to the first conductive pattern.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Yang
Han, Liu
Meng, Qingchao
Wang, Xinyong
Cai, Zejian
Abrégé
A method of manufacturing an IC structure includes configuring each of an n-well and a p-well in a first IC die to have a first portion extending in a first direction and second and third portions extending from the first portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and forming IC devices including a first pickup structure electrically connected to the n-well and a second pickup structure electrically connected to the p-well. Forming the IC devices includes forming a PMOS transistor in the second or third portion of the n-well and forming an NMOS transistor in the second or third portion of the p-well.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H01L 21/265 - Bombardement par des radiations ondulatoires ou corpusculaires par des radiations d'énergie élevée produisant une implantation d'ions
H01L 21/74 - Réalisation de régions profondes à haute concentration en impuretés, p.ex. couches collectrices profondes, connexions internes
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 23/48 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes
H01L 25/00 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide
H01L 25/065 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide les dispositifs étant tous d'un type prévu dans le même sous-groupe des groupes , ou dans une seule sous-classe de , , p.ex. ensembles de diodes redresseuses les dispositifs n'ayant pas de conteneurs séparés les dispositifs étant d'un type prévu dans le groupe
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
24.
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING TRANSISTORS WITH DIFFERENT WIDTH SOURCE AND DRAIN TERMINALS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wang, Xinyong
Chen, Cun Cun
Huang, Ying
Chen, Chih-Liang
Tien, Li-Chun
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a first terminal-conductor, a second terminal-conductor, and a gate-conductor between the first terminal-conductor and the second terminal-conductor. The first terminal-conductor intersects both an active-region structure and a power rail. The second terminal-conductor intersects the active-region structure without intersecting the power rail. The gate-conductor intersects the active-region structure and is adjacent to the first terminal-conductor and the second terminal-conductor. A first width of the first terminal-conductor is larger than a second width of the second terminal-conductor by a predetermined amount.
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Ye, Mu-Yang
Song, Yan-Bo
Abrégé
A memory device includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor is coupled to a first word line at a first node. The second transistor is coupled to a second word line different from the first word line at a second node. A control terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor. The third transistor is coupled between a ground and a third node which is coupled to each of the first node and the second node. In a layout view, each of the first transistor and the second transistor has a first length along a direction. The first transistor, the third transistor and second transistor are arranged in order along the direction. A method is also disclosed herein.
G11C 5/06 - Dispositions pour interconnecter électriquement des éléments d'emmagasinage
G11C 11/4074 - Circuits d'alimentation ou de génération de tension, p.ex. générateurs de tension de polarisation, générateurs de tension de substrat, alimentation de secours, circuits de commande d'alimentation
G11C 11/4094 - Circuits de commande ou de gestion de lignes de bits
26.
Semiconductor device with daisy-chained delay cells and method of forming same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Lei, Longbiao
Goa, Sinpei
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes a first dummy group having a first set of dummy transistors; a first delay cell having a first set of active transistors; a second delay cell having a second set of active transistors; a second dummy group having a second set of dummy transistors; and relative to a first direction the first and second dummy groups and the first and second delay cells being arranged in a first sequence arranged as the first dummy group, the first delay cell, the second delay cell, and the second dummy group; and the first and second delay cells being free from having another dummy group therebetween.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Han, Liu
Ding, Jing
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a clocking transistor, a first enabling transistor, a second enabling transistor, a branch-one transistor, and a branch-two transistor. The first enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a first node. The second enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a second node. The branch-one transistor is coupled between a first power supply and the first node. The gate terminal of the branch-one transistor is connected to the second node. The branch-two transistor is coupled between the first power supply and the second node. The gate terminal of the branch-two transistor is connected to the first node. Each of the clocking transistor, the first enabling transistor, and the second enabling transistor is a first-type transistor of a reduced threshold. Each of the branch-one transistor and the branch-two transistor is a second-type transistor of a default threshold.
H03K 5/135 - Dispositions ayant une sortie unique et transformant les signaux d'entrée en impulsions délivrées à des intervalles de temps désirés par l'utilisation de signaux de référence de temps, p.ex. des signaux d'horloge
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
G06F 1/04 - Génération ou distribution de signaux d'horloge ou de signaux dérivés directement de ceux-ci
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Chen, Yi-Ting
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes: first and second input circuits in a central region and correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain; first and second single bit level shifters (SBLSs) correspondingly in first and second regions at first and second sides of the central region relative to a first direction and electrically coupled correspondingly to the first and second input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain; and a control circuit configured to toggle each of the first and second SBLSs between a normal state and a standby state when a control signal is received from the control circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Huang, Ying
Huang, Changlin
Ding, Jing
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
A method of generating an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram includes arranging a first portion of first through fourth pluralities of active regions and a plurality of gate regions of a cell as a functional circuit in a first portion of the cell, arranging a second portion of the first through fourth pluralities of active regions and the plurality of gate regions of the cell as a one of a decoupling capacitor or an antenna diode in a second portion of the cell, and storing an IC layout diagram of the cell in a storage device.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Lin, Chian-Niang
Tsao, Barry
Tsai, Tsung Tso
Abrégé
A method includes receiving, in a first vessel, a flow of fluid from a second vessel, wherein the flow of fluid is generated by pressurizing a head space over the fluid in the second vessel; capturing the flow of fluid from the second vessel at an upper end of a de-bubbling slide in the first vessel; and directing the flow of fluid along a flow surface of de-bubbling slide to a lower portion of the first vessel, such that bubbles and dissolved gases in the fluid exit the fluid on the flow surface of the de-bubbling slide.
G03F 7/00 - Production par voie photomécanique, p.ex. photolithographique, de surfaces texturées, p.ex. surfaces imprimées; Matériaux à cet effet, p.ex. comportant des photoréserves; Appareillages spécialement adaptés à cet effet
31.
SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR CONTROLLING TIMING OF SIGNAL IN MEMORY DEVICE
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Ye, Mu-Yang
Kong, Lu-Ping
Chang, Ming-Hung
Abrégé
A device includes a first memory subarray, a first modulation circuit, a second memory subarray, a second modulation circuit and a control signal generator. The first modulation circuit is coupled to the first memory subarray. The second memory subarray is located between the first memory subarray and the first modulation circuit along a direction. The second modulation circuit is coupled to the second memory subarray. The control signal generator is configured to generate a first control signal to trigger the first modulation circuit according to a first length of the first memory subarray along the direction, and configured to generate a second control signal to trigger the second modulation circuit according to a second length of the second memory subarray along the direction.
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
32.
POLISHING PAD CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Kung, Wen Yen
Abrégé
A method of conditioning a polishing pad includes conditioning the polishing pad using a conditioner. The method includes detecting a roughness of the polishing pad following the conditioning. The method further includes tracking a number of iterations of the conditioning of the polishing pad. The method further includes outputting a signal for replacing the polishing pad in response to the number of iterations reaching an iteration limit. The method further includes repeating the conditioning in response to the detected roughness of the polishing pad being outside of a threshold roughness range and the number of iterations failing to reach the iteration limit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yin, Xing Chao
Xian, Huaixin
Zhuang, Hui-Zhong
Chien, Yung-Chen
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Chen, Xiangdong
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes: a cell region including active regions where components of transistors are formed; the cell region are arranged to function as a D flip-flop that includes a primary latch (having a first sleepy inverter and a first non-sleepy (NS) inverter), a secondary latch (having a second sleepy inverter and a second NS inverter), and a clock buffer (having third and fourth NS inverters). The transistors are grouped: a first group has a standard threshold voltage (Vt_std); a second group has a low threshold voltage (Vt_low); and an optional third group has a high threshold voltage (Vt_high). The transistors which comprise the first or second NS inverter have Vt_low. Alternatively, the transistors of the cell region are further arranged to function as a scan-insertion type of D flip-flop (SDFQ) that further includes a multiplexer; and the transistors of the multiplexer have Vt_low.
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Han, Liu
Wang, Xin Yong
Meng, Qingchao
Xian, Huaixin
Ding, Jing
Abrégé
A semiconductor device having a cell region, the cell region including a first set of one or more first blocks and a second set of one or more second blocks. Each of the first blocks including a clock gate and each of the second blocks includes a decoupling capacitor. The first set has two or more first blocks and/or the second set has two or more second blocks. The first blocks of the first set are interleaved with the second blocks of the second set.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
H03K 19/00 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion
H01L 27/06 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant une pluralité de composants individuels dans une configuration non répétitive
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xie, Tian-Yu
Wang, Xin-Yong
Pan, Lei
Chen, Kuo-Ji
Abrégé
An IC structure includes first and second gates, first and second source regions, a shared drain region, and an isolation region. The first gate has a first portion extending along a first direction and a second portion extending along a second direction. The second gate has a first portion extending along the first direction and a second portion extending along the second direction. The shared drain region extends from the first portion of the first gate to the first portion of the second gate. The first source region is spaced apart from the shared drain region by the first gate. The second source region is spaced apart from the shared drain region by the second gate. The isolation region is between the first portion of the first gate and the first portion of the second gate, and resembles a quadrilateral pattern bordering the shared drain region.
H01L 27/12 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant autre qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. un corps isolant
H01L 21/84 - Fabrication ou traitement de dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants à l'état solide ou de circuits intégrés formés dans ou sur un substrat commun avec une division ultérieure du substrat en plusieurs dispositifs individuels pour produire des dispositifs, p.ex. des circuits intégrés, consistant chacun en une pluralité de composants le substrat étant autre chose qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. étant un corps isolant
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Patidar, Ankita
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method includes creating a plurality of groups of paths from a plurality of paths in an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram. Each group has a unique dominant feature among a plurality of features of the plurality of paths. The method further includes testing a path in a group and, when the path fails, modifying at least one of the IC layout diagram, at least a portion of at least one library having cells included in the IC layout diagram, or a manufacturing process for manufacturing an IC corresponding to the IC layout diagram. The plurality of features includes a numerical feature having a numerical value, and a categorical feature having a non-numerical value. The non-numerical value is converted into a converted numerical value. The plurality of groups is created based on the numerical value of the numerical feature, and the converted numerical value of the categorical feature.
G06F 30/327 - Synthèse logique; Synthèse de comportement, p.ex. logique de correspondance, langage de description de matériel [HDL] à liste d’interconnections [Netlist], langage de haut niveau à langage de transfert entre registres [RTL] ou liste d’interconnections [Netlist]
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
37.
Multiplexer for SDFQ having differently-sized scan and data transistors, semiconductor device including same and methods of manufacturing same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Huang, Changlin
Meng, Qingchao
Kao, Jerry Chang Jui
Abrégé
A semiconductor device has a cell region including active regions that extend in a first direction and in which are formed components of transistors. The transistors of the cell region are arranged to function as a scan insertion D flip flop (SDFQ). The SDFQ includes a multiplexer serially connected at an internal node to a D flip-flop (FF). The transistors of the multiplexer include data transistors for selecting a data input signal, the data transistors having a first channel configuration with a first channel size, and scan transistors of the multiplexer for selecting a scan input signal, the scan transistors having a second channel configuration with a second channel size. The second channel size is smaller than the first channel size.
G01R 31/3185 - Reconfiguration pour les essais, p.ex. LSSD, découpage
H03K 3/353 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors à effet de champ avec réaction positive interne ou externe
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiuli
Wu, Ching-Wei
Wan, He-Zhou
Cheng, Kuan
Kong, Luping
Abrégé
A circuit includes a series of a first latch circuit, selection circuit, second latch circuit, and pre-decoder. A control circuit, based on a clock signal, outputs control signals to the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits, and, to the pre-decoder, a pulse signal including a first pulse during a first portion of a clock period in response to a read enable signal having a first logical state, and a second pulse during a second portion of the clock period in response to a write enable signal having the first logical state. Based on the control signals, the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits output read and write addresses to the pre-decoder during the respective first and second clock period portions, and the pre-decoder outputs a partially decoded address in response to each of the read address and first pulse, and the write address and second pulse.
G11C 8/18 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge; Génération ou gestion de signaux de commande d'adresse, p.ex. pour des signaux d'échantillonnage d'adresse de ligne [RAS] ou d'échantillonnage d'adresse de colonne [CAS]
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
G11C 8/08 - Circuits de commande de lignes de mots, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, pour lignes de mots
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Zhang, J. B.
Zhou, Yang
Zhou, Kai
Meng, Qingchao
Pan, Lei
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a middle active-region structure between a group-one active-region structure and a group-two active-region structure. The integrated circuit also includes a main circuit, a group-one circuit, and a group-two circuit. The main circuit includes at least one boundary gate-conductor intersecting the middle active-region structure. The group-one circuit includes a group-one isolation structure separating the group-one active-region structure into a first part in the group-one circuit and a second part in a first adjacent circuit. The group-two circuit includes a group-two isolation structure separating the group-two active-region structure into a first part in the group-two circuit and a second part in a second adjacent circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Kong, Lu-Ping
Cheng, Kuan
Wan, He-Zhou
Abrégé
A circuit comprises a memory array, a tracking bit line and a timing control circuit. The memory array comprises a plurality of tracking cells. The tracking bit line is coupled between a first node and the plurality of tracking cells. The timing control circuit is coupled to the first node and comprises a Schmitt trigger. The Schmitt trigger generates a negative bit line enable signal in response to that a voltage level on the first node being below a low threshold voltage value of the Schmitt trigger. The timing control circuit generates a negative bit line trigger signal according to the negative bit line enable signal for adjusting voltage levels of a plurality of bit lines of the memory array.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Pan, Lei
Ma, Yaqi
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Abrégé
A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first and second set of transistors, a first and second feedback transistor, and a first and second circuit. The first set of transistors is connected between a first voltage supply and an output node. The first voltage supply has a first voltage. The second set of transistors is connected between the output node and a second voltage supply. The second voltage supply has a second voltage. The first feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a first node and a second node. The second feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a third node and a fourth node. The first circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the second supply voltage to the second node. The second circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the first supply voltage to the fourth node.
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Patidar, Ankita
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method (of manufacturing a semiconductor device) includes: migrating a circuit design from a first netlist corresponding with a first semiconductor process technology (SPT) to a second netlist corresponding with a second SPT, at least the second netlist being stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the migrating including: generating first versions correspondingly of the first and second netlists; abstracting selected components in the first version of the second netlist and correspondingly in the first version of the second netlist to form corresponding second versions of the second and first netlists; performing a logic equivalence check (LEC) between the second versions of the first and second netlists, thereby identifying migration errors; and revising the second version of the second netlist to reduce the migration errors, thereby resulting in a third version of the second netlist.
G06F 30/323 - Traduction ou migration, p.ex. logique à logique, traduction de langage descriptif de matériel ou traduction de liste d’interconnections [Netlist]
G06F 30/3323 - Vérification de la conception, p.ex. simulation fonctionnelle ou vérification du modèle utilisant des méthodes formelles, p.ex. vérification de l’équivalence ou vérification des propriétés
G03F 1/70 - Adaptation du tracé ou de la conception de base du masque aux exigences du procédé lithographique, p.ex. correction par deuxième itération d'un motif de masque pour l'imagerie
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
43.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH T-SHAPED ACTIVE REGION AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes: a cell region including active regions that extend in a first direction and have components of corresponding transistors formed therein; a first majority of the active regions being rectangular; a first one of the active regions having a T-shape including a stem that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and, relative to the first direction, first and second arms that extend from a same end of the stem and away from each other; and, relative to the first direction, a second majority of the active regions having aligned first ends defining a first reference line proximate and parallel to a first boundary of the cell region, and a third majority of the active regions having aligned second ends defining a second reference line proximate and parallel to a second boundary of the cell region.
H01L 21/28 - Fabrication des électrodes sur les corps semi-conducteurs par emploi de procédés ou d'appareils non couverts par les groupes
H01L 29/423 - Electrodes caractérisées par leur forme, leurs dimensions relatives ou leur disposition relative ne transportant pas le courant à redresser, à amplifier ou à commuter
H01L 29/66 - Types de dispositifs semi-conducteurs
H01L 29/78 - Transistors à effet de champ l'effet de champ étant produit par une porte isolée
44.
METHOD FOR INTRA-CELL-REPURPOSING DUMMY TRANSISTORS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING REPURPOSED FORMERLY DUMMY TRANSISTORS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Huang, Yiyun
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Han, Liu
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
In some embodiments, a method of generating a cell in a layout diagram includes: selecting a cell from a library of standard cells, components of the cell defining an active circuit; identifying a dummy device within the cell that is disconnected from the active circuit within the cell; and connecting the dummy device to a target node of the active circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Li, Pei-Le
Wu, Ching-Wei
Abrégé
A memory device includes a memory array, a first latch and a first logic element. The memory array is configured to operate according to a first global write signal. The first latch is configured to generate a first latch write data based on a clock signal. The first logic element is configured to generate the first global write signal based on the clock signal and the first latch write data.
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Huang, Ying
Huang, Changlin
Ding, Jing
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes first and second power rails extending in a first direction, a third power rail extending in the first direction between the first and second power rails, gate structures extending perpendicular to the first direction, each of two endmost gate structures extending continuously between endpoints underlying the first and second power rails, and first through fourth pluralities of active areas extending in the first direction between the endmost gate structures. Active areas of each of the first through fourth pluralities of active areas are aligned in the first direction, a first portion of the gate structures and first through fourth pluralities of active areas is configured as a functional circuit, and a second portion of the gate structures and first through fourth pluralities of active areas is configured as one of a decoupling capacitor or an antenna diode.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhong, Jia Liang
Wang, Xinyong
Chen, Cun Cun
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes an array of first-type active-region structures and an array of second-type active-region structures extending in a first direction between a first vertical zone-boundary of a first keep-out zone and the second vertical zone-boundary of a second keep-out zone. The integrated circuit also includes an array of first-side boundary cells aligned with the first vertical zone-boundary and an array of second-side boundary cells aligned with the second vertical zone-boundary. In the array of first-side boundary cells, a first-side boundary cell has a first ESD protection circuit and a pick-up region. In the array of second-side boundary cells, a second-side boundary cell has a second ESD protection circuit.
H01L 23/60 - Protection contre les charges ou les décharges électrostatiques, p.ex. écrans Faraday
H01L 23/48 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Haohua
Huang, Tze-Chiang
Hsu, Mei
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A voltage regulator includes a control circuit configured to output a plurality of enable signals, and a power stage including a plurality of phase circuits. Each phase circuit of the plurality of phase circuits includes a node, an inductor coupled between the node and an output node of the voltage regulator, a plurality of p-type transistors coupled between the node and a power supply node of the voltage regulator, and a plurality of n-type transistors coupled between the node and a reference node of the voltage regulator. Each phase circuit of the plurality of phase circuits is configured to, responsive to the plurality of enable signals, selectively couple the node to the power supply node through a first subset or all of the plurality of p-type transistors, and selectively couple the node to the reference node through a second subset or all of the plurality of n-type transistors.
H02M 3/158 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant continu sans transformation intermédiaire en courant alternatif par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec commande automatique de la tension ou du courant de sortie, p.ex. régulateurs à commutation comprenant plusieurs dispositifs à semi-conducteurs comme dispositifs de commande finale pour une charge unique
H02M 3/157 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant continu sans transformation intermédiaire en courant alternatif par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrode de commande utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec commande automatique de la tension ou du courant de sortie, p.ex. régulateurs à commutation avec commande numérique
49.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH COMMON DEEP N-WELL FOR DIFFERENT VOLTAGE DOMAINS AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity-type substrate, and a cell region including: a second conductivity type deep well; first and second non-deep wells having the second conductivity-type, the first and second non-deep wells being in corresponding first and second portions of the substrate, the first and second portions of the substrate being in the deep well; and first, second, third and fourth transistor-regions. The first and second transistor-regions are correspondingly in the first and second non-deep wells and include first conductivity-type first transistors. The third and fourth transistor-regions are in the third and fourth portions of the substrate which are in the deep well, and include second transistors having the second conductivity-type. The first transistor-region is configured for a first power domain. The second, third and fourth transistor-regions are configured for a second power domain that is different than the first power domain.
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H03K 19/0185 - Dispositions pour le couplage; Dispositions pour l'interface utilisant uniquement des transistors à effet de champ
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H03K 19/003 - Modifications pour accroître la fiabilité
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
50.
Level shifter circuit and method of operating the same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Pan, Lei
Abrégé
A circuit includes an input circuit, a level shifter circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit is coupled to a first voltage supply, and configured to receive a first input signal, and to generate at least a second or a third input signal. The level shifter circuit is coupled to the input circuit and a second voltage supply, and configured to receive a first enable signal, the second or third input signal, and to generate a first signal responsive to the first enable signal, the second input signal or the third input signal. The level shifter circuit includes a header circuit coupled to a first node, and is configured to enable or disable the level shifter circuit responsive to the first enable signal. The output circuit is coupled to at least the level shifter circuit and the second voltage supply, and is configured to generate an output signal.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Fa
Liu, Jinxin
Chu, Chieh-Fu
Su, Yen-Feng
Liao, Chia-Chun
Wu, Meng-Hsuan
Liu, Dei-Pei
Abrégé
A method includes identifying a cell in the layout diagram as a violated cell that fails to pass one or more design rules related to IR drops, and classifying a root cause of the violated cell with a root cause class. The method also includes determining a searching area for searching safe region candidates, and finding a selected cell for moving based upon the root cause class of the root cause. The method further includes finding a safe region in the searching area for moving the selected cell, and moving the selected cell to the safe region if the safe region is found within the searching area.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
52.
Integrated circuit and an operation method thereof
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Kai
Pan, Lei
Ma, Ya-Qi
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a control circuit and first to second voltage generation circuits. The control circuit is coupled between a first voltage terminal providing a first supply voltage and a first node coupled to a first capacitive unit. The first voltage generation circuit includes at least one first transistor that has a source terminal receiving a second supply voltage, a drain terminal coupled to a second node in contact with a second capacitive unit, and a gate terminal coupled to the first node. The second voltage generation circuit is coupled to the first voltage terminal and the first and second nodes. Firstly the control circuit turns on the at least one first transistor to adjust a voltage level of the second node to have the second supply voltage. The second voltage generation circuit adjusts a voltage level of the first node to have the first supply voltage.
H02H 9/04 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion sensibles à un excès de tension
H03K 17/56 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
53.
CURRENT-DISTRIBUTING PIN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Zhang, Jibao
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
A current-distributing structure in an integrated circuit (IC) includes a substrate; and first and second active regions on the substrate. First and second sets of gate structures correspondingly overlap the first and second active regions. A first conductive structure in a first metallization layer overlaps the first active region and is electrically coupled to the first set of gate structures. A second conductive structure in the first metallization layer overlaps the second active region and is electrically coupled to the second set of gate structures. A third conductive structure in a second metallization layer is electrically coupled to the first and the second conductive structures.
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Fujiwara, Hidehiro
Huang, Tze-Chiang
Cheng, Hong-Chen
Chen, Yen-Huei
Liao, Hung-Jen
Chang, Jonathan Tsung-Yung
Lee, Yun-Han
Lu, Lee-Chung
Abrégé
An integrated circuit (IC) package includes a logic die, a substrate, a memory die positioned between the logic die and the substrate, and a power distribution structure configured to electrically couple the logic die to the substrate. The power distribution structure includes a plurality of conductive segments positioned between the logic die and the memory die, a plurality of bump structures positioned between the memory die and the substrate, and a plurality of through-silicon vias (TSVs) electrically coupled to the plurality of conductive segments and the plurality of bump structures, and a TSV of the plurality of TSVs extends through, and is electrically isolated from, a memory macro of the memory die.
G11C 16/04 - Mémoires mortes programmables effaçables programmables électriquement utilisant des transistors à seuil variable, p.ex. FAMOS
H01L 23/48 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes
H10B 10/00 - Mémoires statiques à accès aléatoire [SRAM]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Kong, Lu-Ping
Jiang, Wei-Yang
Abrégé
A device is provided. The device includes multiple transistors, a first sense circuit, and a precharge circuit. The transistors are coupled to a tracking bit line and configured to generate a first tracking signal. The first sense circuit is configured to generate a first sense tracking signal in response to the first tracking signal. The precharge circuit is configured to generate, in response to a rising edge and a falling edge of the first sense tracking signal, a precharge signal for precharging data lines.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TAIWAN CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Pan, Lei
Ma, Yaqi
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Abrégé
A Schmitt trigger circuit includes a first and second set of transistors, a first and second feedback transistor, and a first and second circuit. The first set of transistors is connected between a first voltage supply and an output node. The first voltage supply has a first voltage. The second set of transistors is connected between the output node and a second voltage supply. The second voltage supply has a second voltage. The first feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a first node and a second node. The second feedback transistor is connected to the output node, a third node and a fourth node. The first circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the second supply voltage to the second node. The second circuit is coupled to and configured to supply the first supply voltage to the fourth node.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
57.
Trench etching process for photoresist line roughness improvement
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsieh, Sheng-Lin
Chen, I-Chih
Hsieh, Ching-Pei
Chen, Kuan Jung
Abrégé
A method of forming a semiconductor device structure includes forming a resist structure over a substrate, the resist structure includes an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer and a photoresist layer over the ARC layer. The method further includes patterning the photoresist layer to form a trench therein. The method further includes performing a hydrogen plasma treatment to the patterned photoresist layer, wherein the hydrogen plasma treatment is configured to smooth sidewalls of the trench, and the hydrogen plasma treatment is performed at a temperature ranging from about 200° C. to about 600° C. The method further includes patterning the ARC layer using the patterned photoresist layer as a etch mask.
H01L 21/027 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou
H01L 21/033 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou comportant des couches inorganiques
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
58.
Integrated circuit device design method and system
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wu, Qiuyuan
Dai, Shuang
Liao, Chia-Chun
Wu, Meng-Hsuan
Abrégé
A method of designing an integrated circuit (IC) device includes identifying, with a processor, a pin failing a test to determine an antenna effect, identifying, with the processor, a net corresponding to the identified pin failing the test to determine the antenna effect, and creating, with the processor, an engineering change order (ECO) script based on the identified net to insert a diode to address the antenna effect.
G06F 30/333 - Conception en vue de la testabilité [DFT], p.ex. chaîne de balayage ou autotest intégré [BIST]
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Ye, Mu-Yang
Song, Yan-Bo
Abrégé
A memory device includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor is coupled to a first word line at a first node. The second transistor is coupled to a second word line different from the first word line at a second node. A control terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor. The third transistor is coupled between a ground and a third node which is coupled to each of the first node and the second node. In a layout view, each of the first transistor and the second transistor has a first length along a direction. The first transistor, the third transistor and second transistor are arranged in order along the direction. A method is also disclosed herein.
G11C 5/06 - Dispositions pour interconnecter électriquement des éléments d'emmagasinage
G11C 11/4074 - Circuits d'alimentation ou de génération de tension, p.ex. générateurs de tension de polarisation, générateurs de tension de substrat, alimentation de secours, circuits de commande d'alimentation
G11C 11/4094 - Circuits de commande ou de gestion de lignes de bits
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Han, Liu
Wang, Xin Yong
Meng, Qingchao
Xian, Huaixin
Ding, Jing
Abrégé
A semiconductor device having a cell region, the cell region including a first set of one or more first blocks and a second set of one or more second blocks. Each of the first blocks including a clock gate and each of the second blocks includes a decoupling capacitor. The first set has two or more first blocks and/or the second set has two or more second blocks. The first blocks of the first set are interleaved with the second blocks of the second set.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
H01L 27/06 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant une pluralité de composants individuels dans une configuration non répétitive
H03K 19/00 - Circuits logiques, c. à d. ayant au moins deux entrées agissant sur une sortie; Circuits d'inversion
61.
Circuit arrangements having reduced dependency on layout environment
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Zhang, J. B.
Zhou, Yang
Zhou, Kai
Meng, Qingchao
Pan, Lei
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a middle active-region structure between a group-one active-region structure and a group-two active-region structure. The integrated circuit also includes a main circuit, a group-one circuit, and a group-two circuit. The main circuit includes at least one boundary gate-conductor intersecting the middle active-region structure. The group-one circuit includes a group-one isolation structure separating the group-one active-region structure into a first part in the group-one circuit and a second part in a first adjacent circuit. The group-two circuit includes a group-two isolation structure separating the group-two active-region structure into a first part in the group-two circuit and a second part in a second adjacent circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Patidar, Ankita
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method of testing an integrated circuit on a test circuit board includes performing, by a processor, a simulation of a first heat distribution throughout an integrated circuit design, manufacturing the integrated circuit according to the integrated circuit design, and simultaneously performing a burn-in test of the integrated circuit and an automated test of the integrated circuit. The burn-in test has a minimum burn-in temperature of the integrated circuit and a burn-in heat distribution across the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit design corresponds to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is coupled to the test circuit board. The integrated circuit includes a set of circuit blocks and a first set of heaters.
G01R 31/02 - Essai des appareils, des lignes ou des composants électriques pour y déceler la présence de courts-circuits, de discontinuités, de fuites ou de connexions incorrectes de lignes
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Han, Liu
Ding, Jing
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a clocking transistor, a first enabling transistor, a second enabling transistor, a branch-one transistor, a branch-two transistor, and a clock gating circuit. The first enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a first node. The second enabling transistor is coupled between the clocking transistor and a second node. The branch-one transistor is coupled between a first power supply and the first node. The gate terminal of the branch-one transistor is electrically connected to the second node. The branch-two transistor is coupled between the first power supply and the second node. The gate terminal of the branch-two transistor is electrically connected to the first node. The clock gating circuit for generating a gated clock signal receives a latch output signal which is latched to a logic level of either a first node signal or a second node signal.
H03K 5/135 - Dispositions ayant une sortie unique et transformant les signaux d'entrée en impulsions délivrées à des intervalles de temps désirés par l'utilisation de signaux de référence de temps, p.ex. des signaux d'horloge
G06F 1/04 - Génération ou distribution de signaux d'horloge ou de signaux dérivés directement de ceux-ci
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H03K 17/687 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs les dispositifs étant des transistors à effet de champ
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Yang
Han, Liu
Meng, Qingchao
Wang, Xinyong
Cai, Zejian
Abrégé
An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a continuous well including first through third well portions. The continuous well is one of an n-well or a p-well, the first well portion extends in a first direction, the second well portion extends from the first well portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the third well portion extends from the first well portion in the second direction parallel to the second well portion.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H01L 25/065 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide les dispositifs étant tous d'un type prévu dans le même sous-groupe des groupes , ou dans une seule sous-classe de , , p.ex. ensembles de diodes redresseuses les dispositifs n'ayant pas de conteneurs séparés les dispositifs étant d'un type prévu dans le groupe
H01L 23/48 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes
H01L 21/265 - Bombardement par des radiations ondulatoires ou corpusculaires par des radiations d'énergie élevée produisant une implantation d'ions
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
H01L 25/00 - Ensembles consistant en une pluralité de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou d'autres dispositifs à l'état solide
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H01L 21/74 - Réalisation de régions profondes à haute concentration en impuretés, p.ex. couches collectrices profondes, connexions internes
65.
Method of method of forming a multi-bit level shifter
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Chen, Yi-Ting
Abrégé
A method includes: forming first, second, and third NWs; forming form first to fourth transistors in corresponding first to fourth groups of active regions, connecting selected transistors amongst the first and second transistors to form first and second input circuits respectively receiving a first input signal in a first domain and a second input signal in the first domain; connecting selected transistors amongst the first and third transistors and amongst the first and fourth transistors to respectively form a first single bit level shifter (SBLS) and a second SBLS; each SBLS operates in the second domain and receives correspondingly versions of the first and second input signals; and connecting selected transistors amongst the first and third transistors to form a control circuit for toggling the first and second SBLSs between a normal and a standby state, a portion of the control circuit and the first SBLS sharing the second NW.
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsu, Min Han
Chen, Chun-Chang
Tsao, Jung-Chih
Abrégé
A method includes depositing a metallic hardmask over a dielectric layer. The method further includes etching a metallic hardmask opening in the metallic hardmask to expose a top surface of the dielectric layer. Th method further includes modifying a sidewall of the metallic hardmask opening by adding non-metal atoms into the metallic hardmask. The method further includes depositing a conductive material in the metallic hardmask opening.
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 21/033 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou comportant des couches inorganiques
H01L 21/285 - Dépôt de matériaux conducteurs ou isolants pour les électrodes à partir d'un gaz ou d'une vapeur, p.ex. condensation
H01L 21/288 - Dépôt de matériaux conducteurs ou isolants pour les électrodes à partir d'un liquide, p.ex. dépôt électrolytique
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
H01L 23/532 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées caractérisées par les matériaux
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Lin, Chian-Niang
Tsao, Barry
Tsai, Tsung Tso
Abrégé
A method includes receiving, in a first vessel, a flow of fluid from a second vessel, wherein the flow of fluid is generated by pressurizing a head space over the fluid in the second vessel; capturing the flow of fluid from the second vessel at an upper end of a de-bubbling slide in the first vessel; and directing the flow of fluid along a flow surface of de-bubbling slide to a lower portion of the first vessel, such that bubbles and dissolved gases in the fluid exit the fluid on the flow surface of the de-bubbling slide.
G03F 7/00 - Production par voie photomécanique, p.ex. photolithographique, de surfaces texturées, p.ex. surfaces imprimées; Matériaux à cet effet, p.ex. comportant des photoréserves; Appareillages spécialement adaptés à cet effet
68.
Method for optimizing floor plan for an integrated circuit
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Tan, Shi-Wen
Liu, Song
Lin, Shih-Yao
Fang, Wen-Yuan
Abrégé
A method is provided and includes several operations: arranging multiple channels extending in a first direction; arranging, in accordance with multiple weights of multiple macros, a first portion of the macro closer to a centroid of a core region of an integrated circuit than a second portion of the macros; and arranging the macros on opposite sides of the channels. The macros have multiple pins coupled to the channels interposed between the macros.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsu, Min Han
Tsao, Jung-Chih
Abrégé
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate structure over a semiconductor fin. The dummy gate structure includes a dummy gate stack and gate spacers along sidewalls of the dummy gate stack. The method further includes forming an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer surrounding the dummy gate structure, removing the dummy gate stack to provide an opening exposing a channel region of the semiconductor fin, depositing a gate dielectric layer over bottom and sidewalls of the opening and over the ILD layer, forming a doped work function material layer over the gate dielectric layer using an in-situ doping process, and depositing a gate electrode layer over the doped work function material layer.
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active region, an isolation structure, a first metal line, gate structure, source/drain region, a source/drain contact, and a second metal line. The active region protrudes from a top surface of the substrate. The isolation structure is over the substrate and laterally surrounds the active region. The first metal line is in the isolation structure. The gate structure is over the active region. The source/drain region is in the active region. The source/drain contact is over the active region and is electrically connected to the source/drain region. The second metal line is over the gate structure and the source/drain contact, in which the second metal line vertically overlaps the first metal line.
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 27/088 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant uniquement des composants semi-conducteurs d'un seul type comprenant uniquement des composants à effet de champ les composants étant des transistors à effet de champ à porte isolée
H01L 29/66 - Types de dispositifs semi-conducteurs
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Zhou, Yang
Meng, Qingchao
Abrégé
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes at least one delay circuit having an input and an output, and an output connector electrically coupled to the output. The delay circuit further includes a plurality of transistors electrically coupled with each other between the input and the output. The plurality of transistors is configured to delay an input signal received at the input to generate a delayed signal at the output. The output is in a first metal layer. The output connector includes a first conductive pattern in the first metal layer, and a second conductive pattern in a second metal layer different from the first metal layer. The second conductive pattern electrically couples the output to the first conductive pattern.
H01L 27/02 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface
H01L 27/092 - Transistors à effet de champ métal-isolant-semi-conducteur complémentaires
H01L 21/8238 - Transistors à effet de champ complémentaires, p.ex. CMOS
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
G06F 119/12 - Analyse temporelle ou optimisation temporelle
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiuli
Wu, Ching-Wei
Wan, He-Zhou
Cheng, Kuan
Kong, Luping
Abrégé
A circuit includes a plurality of registers, each register including SRAM cells, a read port configured to receive a read address, a write port configured to receive a write address, a selection circuit, a latch circuit, and a decoder coupled in series between the read and write ports and the plurality of registers, and a control circuit. Responsive to a clock signal and read and write enable signals, the control circuit causes the selection circuit, the latch circuit, and the decoder to select a first register of the plurality of registers in a read operation based on the read address, and select a second register of the plurality of registers in a write operation based on the write address.
G11C 8/18 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge; Génération ou gestion de signaux de commande d'adresse, p.ex. pour des signaux d'échantillonnage d'adresse de ligne [RAS] ou d'échantillonnage d'adresse de colonne [CAS]
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
G11C 8/08 - Circuits de commande de lignes de mots, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, pour lignes de mots
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Liu, Song
Chen, Pei-Pei
Lin, Heng-Yi
Lin, Shih-Yao
Wang, Chin-Hsien
Abrégé
A method includes the following operations: identifying a layer of a first layout based on a first violation generated on the layer; generating a metal density value associated with the layer; when the metal density value is larger than or equal to a preset value, classifying the first violation into a first class corresponding to routing congestions of the first layout; when the first violation is classified into the first class, assigning, to the first violation, a first operation of a plurality of first pre-stored operations corresponding to the first class; and performing the first operation to the first layout to generate a second layout.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
74.
Method for optimizing floor plan for an integrated circuit
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Tan, Shi-Wen
Liu, Song
Lin, Shih-Yao
Fang, Wen-Yuan
Abrégé
A method is provided and includes several operations: forming a first group of macros in a first region, wherein the first group of macros are aligned with a first boundary of a channel that is coupled thereto through pins of the first group of macros; forming a second group of macros in the first region to align with a second boundary of the channel that is coupled thereto through pins of the second group of macros, wherein the first and second groups of macros are coupled to a first register; and forming a third group of macros in a second region different from the first region. A first macro and a second macro that are in the third group of macros are aligned with the first and second boundaries respectively. The third group of macros are coupled to a second register different from the first register.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Meng, Qingchao
Zhou, Yang
Hsieh, Shang-Chih
Abrégé
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming active regions, forming S/D regions, forming MD contact structures and forming gate lines resulting in corresponding transistors that define a first time delay circuit having a first input configured to receive a first clock signal and having a first output configured to generate a second clock signal from the first clock signal; and corresponding transistors that define a second time delay circuit having a second input configured to receive the second clock signal and having a second output configured to generate a third clock signal from the first clock signal; forming a first gate via-connector in direct contact with the first gate line atop the first-type active region in the first area; and forming a second gate via-connector in direct contact with the second gate line atop the second-type active region in the second area.
H01L 27/105 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant une pluralité de composants individuels dans une configuration répétitive comprenant des composants à effet de champ
H01L 29/06 - Corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par les formes, les dimensions relatives, ou les dispositions des régions semi-conductrices
H01L 29/10 - Corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par les formes, les dimensions relatives, ou les dispositions des régions semi-conductrices avec des régions semi-conductrices connectées à une électrode ne transportant pas le courant à redresser, amplifier ou commuter, cette électrode faisant partie d'un dispositif à semi-conducteur qui comporte trois électrodes ou plus
H01L 29/417 - Electrodes caractérisées par leur forme, leurs dimensions relatives ou leur disposition relative transportant le courant à redresser, à amplifier ou à commuter
H03K 3/288 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable utilisant des transistors additionnels dans le circuit d'entrée
H03K 3/289 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable du type maître-esclave
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Li, Pei-Le
Wu, Ching-Wei
Abrégé
A memory device includes a local input/output circuit and a main input/output circuit. The local input/output circuit is configured to generate a first local write signal based on a first global write signal and a second global write signal, and configured to transmit the first local write signal to a plurality of first bit lines. The main input/output circuit include a first latch and logic elements. The first latch is configured to generate a first bit write mask signal based on a clock signal. The logic elements are configured to generate the first global write signal and the second global write signal based on the clock signal and the first bit write mask signal.
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Ye, Mu-Yang
Kong, Lu-Ping
Chang, Ming-Hung
Abrégé
A device includes a memory array, bit line pairs, word lines, a modulation circuit and a control signal generator. The memory array has bit cells arranged in rows and columns. Each bit line pair is connected to a respective column of bit cells. Each word line is connected to a respective row of bit cells. The modulation circuit is coupled with at least one bit line pair. The control signal generator is coupled with the modulation circuit. The control signal generator includes a tracking wiring with a tracking length positively correlated with a depth distance of the word lines. The control signal generator is configured to produce a control signal, switching to a first voltage level for a first time duration in reference with the tracking length, for controlling the modulation circuit. A method of controlling aforesaid device is also disclosed.
G11C 7/00 - Dispositions pour écrire une information ou pour lire une information dans une mémoire numérique
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huaixin
Meng, Qingchao
Zhou, Yang
Hsieh, Shang-Chih
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a first time delay circuit, a second time delay circuit, and a master-slave flip-flop having a gated input circuit and a transmission gate. The first time delay circuit has a first input configured to receive a first clock signal and having a first output configured to generate a second clock signal. The second time delay circuit has a second input configured to receive the second clock signal and having a second output configured to generate a third clock signal. The transmission gate is configured to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal to control a transmission state of the transmission gate. The gated input circuit is configured to have an input transmission state controlled by the third clock signal at the second output of the second time delay circuit.
H03K 3/3562 - Circuits bistables du type maître-esclave
H03K 3/289 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable du type maître-esclave
H03K 3/288 - Générateurs caractérisés par le type de circuit ou par les moyens utilisés pour produire des impulsions par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de transistors bipolaires avec réaction positive interne ou externe utilisant un moyen de réaction autre qu'un transformateur utilisant au moins deux transistors couplés de façon que l'entrée de l'un dérive de la sortie de l'autre, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable utilisant des transistors additionnels dans le circuit d'entrée
79.
Multi-bit level shifter and method of operating same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Ding, Jing
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Meng, Qingchao
Chen, Yi-Ting
Abrégé
A multi-bit level-shifter (MBLS) includes two or more input circuits correspondingly configured to operate in a first voltage domain. The MBLS also includes two or more single bit level shifters (SBLSs) electrically coupled correspondingly to the two or more input circuits, and correspondingly configured to operate in a second voltage domain. The MBLS also includes a control circuit configured to toggle each of the two or more SBLSs between a normal mode and a standby mode according to a toggle-control signal received from the control circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Patidar, Ankita
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method executed at least partially by a processor includes creating a plurality of groups of paths from a plurality of paths in an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram. Each group among the plurality of groups has a unique dominant feature among a plurality of features of the plurality of paths. The dominant feature of a group among the plurality of groups is slack. The method further includes testing at least one path in a group among the plurality of groups. The method also includes, in response to the testing indicating that the at least one path fails, modifying at least one of the IC layout diagram, at least a portion of at least one library having cells included in the IC layout diagram, or a manufacturing process for manufacturing an IC corresponding to the IC layout diagram.
G06F 30/327 - Synthèse logique; Synthèse de comportement, p.ex. logique de correspondance, langage de description de matériel [HDL] à liste d’interconnections [Netlist], langage de haut niveau à langage de transfert entre registres [RTL] ou liste d’interconnections [Netlist]
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
G06F 30/333 - Conception en vue de la testabilité [DFT], p.ex. chaîne de balayage ou autotest intégré [BIST]
G06F 30/3308 - Vérification de la conception, p.ex. simulation fonctionnelle ou vérification du modèle par simulation
G06F 119/18 - Analyse de fabricabilité ou optimisation de fabricabilité
G06F 119/02 - Analyse de fiabilité ou optimisation de fiabilité; Analyse de défaillance, p.ex. performance dans le pire scénario, analyse du mode de défaillance et de ses effets [FMEA]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Fujiwara, Hidehiro
Huang, Tze-Chiang
Cheng, Hong-Chen
Chen, Yen-Huei
Liao, Hung-Jen
Chang, Jonathan Tsung-Yung
Lee, Yun-Han
Lu, Lee-Chung
Abrégé
A memory macro structure includes a first memory array, a second memory array, a cell activation circuit coupled to the first and second memory arrays and positioned between the first and second memory arrays, a control circuit coupled to the cell activation circuit and positioned adjacent to the cell activation circuit, and a through-silicon via (TSV) extending through one of the cell activation circuit or the control circuit.
G11C 11/00 - Mémoires numériques caractérisées par l'utilisation d'éléments d'emmagasinage électriques ou magnétiques particuliers; Eléments d'emmagasinage correspondants
H01L 23/48 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique vers le ou hors du corps à l'état solide pendant son fonctionnement, p.ex. fils de connexion ou bornes
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Ye, Mu-Yang
Song, Yan-Bo
Abrégé
A memory device includes a word line driver. The word line driver is coupled through word lines to an array of bit cells. The word line driver includes a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit and a modulating circuit. The first driving circuit and the second driving circuit are configured to select a word line. The modulating circuit is coupled through the selected word line to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, and is configured to modulate at least one signal transmitted through the selected word line. The first driving circuit and the second driving circuit are further configured to charge the selected word line to generate a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal at two positions of the selected word line. The first voltage signal is substantially the same as the second voltage signal. A method is also disclosed herein.
G11C 5/06 - Dispositions pour interconnecter électriquement des éléments d'emmagasinage
G11C 11/4074 - Circuits d'alimentation ou de génération de tension, p.ex. générateurs de tension de polarisation, générateurs de tension de substrat, alimentation de secours, circuits de commande d'alimentation
G11C 11/4094 - Circuits de commande ou de gestion de lignes de bits
83.
SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PHOTORESIST COATING OPERATIONS
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chen, Chun-Ming
Lin, Chien-Liang
Wang, Chun-Hsiang
Tsai, Jen-Yu
Abrégé
A coating system comprising a vessel, a flexible container within the vessel, and a coating apparatus. The flexible container including an outlet port, wherein the flexible container is configured to contract in response to an increase in pressure within the vessel. The flexible container is configured to output a coating composition through the outlet port in response to contraction. The coating apparatus is configured to receive the coating composition from the outlet port.
H01L 21/027 - Fabrication de masques sur des corps semi-conducteurs pour traitement photolithographique ultérieur, non prévue dans le groupe ou
H01L 21/67 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitement; Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants
84.
Coupling monitoring system and method of using same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Tai, Wen Feng
Yu, Lung Chi
Wang, Po Chang
Chang, Jui Pin
Abrégé
A coupling including a main body, a first hub at a first end of the main body and a second hub at a second end of the main body opposite the first end is provided. The first hub includes a first inner bore configured to receive a first shaft and a pair of aligned first and second through holes extending through opposite walls of the first hub. The first through hole and the second through hole are in optical communication with the first inner bore.
F16D 3/72 - Accouplements extensibles, c. à d. avec moyens permettant le mouvement entre parties accouplées durant leur entraînement avec pièces d'accouplement reliées par un ou plusieurs organes intermédiaires avec des fixations aux pièces d'accouplement axialement espacées
F16B 7/00 - Assemblages de barres ou assemblages de tubes, p.ex. de section non circulaire, y compris les assemblages élastiques
F16D 3/74 - Accouplements extensibles, c. à d. avec moyens permettant le mouvement entre parties accouplées durant leur entraînement avec pièces d'accouplement reliées par un ou plusieurs organes intermédiaires avec des fixations aux pièces d'accouplement axialement espacées l'organe ou les organes intermédiaires étant en caoutchouc ou faits d'un autre matériau flexible
G01V 8/20 - Détection, p.ex. en utilisant des barrières de lumière en utilisant plusieurs émetteurs ou récepteurs
G05B 15/02 - Systèmes commandés par un calculateur électriques
G08B 5/36 - Systèmes de signalisation optique, p.ex. systèmes d'appel de personnes, indication à distance de l'occupation de sièges utilisant une transmission électromécanique utilisant des sources de lumière visible
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC Nanjing Company Limited (Chine)
TSMC China Company Limited (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wan, He-Zhou
Yang, Xiu-Li
Li, Pei-Le
Wu, Ching-Wei
Abrégé
A circuit includes a first inverter, a second inverter, a first header circuit and a second header circuit. The first inverter is configured to convert a first global write signal into a first local write signal transmitted to a complement bit line. The second inverter is configured to convert a second global write signal into a second local write signal transmitted to a bit line. The first header circuit connects or disconnects a power terminal of the first inverter with a positive reference voltage supply in response to a write enable signal and the second global write signal. The second header circuit connects or disconnects a power terminal of the second inverter with the positive reference voltage supply in response to a write enable signal and the first global write signal.
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Kong, Lu-Ping
Cheng, Kuan
Wan, He-Zhou
Abrégé
A circuit includes a tracking word line, a power switch, a tracking bit line, a sense circuit. The power switch is coupled between the tracking word line and a first node. The power switch is configured to discharge a voltage level on the first node in response to a clock pulse signal transmitted through the tracking word line to the power switch. The tracking bit line is coupled between the first node and a plurality of tracking cells in a memory array. The sense circuit is coupled between the first node and a second node. The sense circuit is configured to generate a negative bit line enable signal in response to that the voltage level on the first node is below a threshold voltage value of the sense circuit.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Lin, Han-Yu
Lee, Fang-Wei
Lam, Kai-Tak
Putikam, Raghunath
Shen, Tzer-Min
Lin, Li-Te
Lin, Pinyen
Yang, Cheng-Tzu
Lee, Tzu-Li
Lin, Tze-Chung
Abrégé
A method includes forming a fin structure including a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over a substrate. A dummy gate structure is formed across the fin structure. The exposed second portions of the fin structure are removed. A selective etching process is performed, using a gas mixture including a hydrogen-containing gas and a fluorine-containing gas, to laterally recess the first semiconductor layers. Inner spacers are formed on opposite end surfaces of the laterally recessed first semiconductor layers. Source/drain epitaxial structures are formed on opposite end surfaces of the second semiconductor layers. The dummy gate structure is removed to expose the first portion of the fin structure. The laterally recessed first semiconductor layers are removed. A gate structure is formed to surround each of the second semiconductor layers.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Huang, Yi-Chun
Chen, I-Chih
Kuo, Chun-Wei
Abrégé
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of lower level conductive lines in a first dielectric layer. The plurality of lower level conductive lines includes a first lower level conductive line. The method further includes recessing portions of the first lower level conductive line below a top surface of the first dielectric layer to form a recess, forming a dielectric cap in the recess, depositing a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. Forming a via opening exposes a portion of the second lower level conductive line. The method further includes forming an upper level conductive line and a via in the trench and in the via opening, respectively. The via couples the upper level conductive line to the second lower level conductive line, and the upper level conductive line overlaps with the dielectric cap.
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 23/528 - Configuration de la structure d'interconnexion
89.
Method and signal generator for controlling timing of signal in memory device
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Ye, Mu-Yang
Kong, Lu-Ping
Chang, Ming-Hung
Abrégé
A device includes a memory array, bit line pairs, word lines, a modulation circuit and a control signal generator. The memory array has bit cells arranged in rows and columns. Each bit line pair is connected to a respective column of bit cells. Each word line is connected to a respective row of bit cells. The modulation circuit is coupled with at least one bit line pair. The control signal generator is coupled with the modulation circuit. The control signal generator includes a tracking wiring with a tracking length positively correlated with a depth distance of the word lines. The control signal generator is configured to produce a control signal, switching to a first voltage level for a first time duration in reference with the tracking length, for controlling the modulation circuit. A method of controlling aforesaid device is also disclosed.
G11C 7/00 - Dispositions pour écrire une information ou pour lire une information dans une mémoire numérique
G11C 7/12 - Circuits de commande de lignes de bits, p.ex. circuits d'attaque, de puissance, de tirage vers le haut, d'abaissement, circuits de précharge, circuits d'égalisation, pour lignes de bits
G11C 7/10 - Dispositions d'interface d'entrée/sortie [E/S, I/O] de données, p.ex. circuits de commande E/S de données, mémoires tampon de données E/S
G11C 7/22 - Circuits de synchronisation ou d'horloge pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]; Générateurs ou gestion de signaux de commande pour la lecture-écriture [R-W]
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Liu, Song
Chen, Pei-Pei
Lin, Heng-Yi
Lin, Shih-Yao
Wang, Chin-Hsien
Abrégé
A method includes the following operations: receiving design rule violations of a first layout; classifying, according to first chip features of the first layout, a first violation of the design rule violations into a first class of predefined classes; generating a first vector array for at least one of the first chip features of the first layout, that is associated with the first violation; selecting, according to the first vector array, first operations from pre-stored operations; generating a second layout based on the first layout and the first operations.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
G06F 30/392 - Conception de plans ou d’agencements, p.ex. partitionnement ou positionnement
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xie, Tian-Yu
Wang, Xin-Yong
Pan, Lei
Chen, Kuo-Ji
Abrégé
An IC structure includes first and second gates, first and second source/drain regions, and an isolation region. The first and second gates each have a first portion extending along a first direction and a second portion extending along a second direction. The first source/drain regions are respectively on opposite sides of the first portion of the first gate. The second source/drain regions are respectively on opposite sides of the first portion of the second gate. The isolation region has a lower portion between a first one of the first source/drain regions and a first one of the second source/drain regions, and an upper portion partially overlapping with the second portion of first gate and the second portion of the second gate. A width of the lower portion is a less than a width of the upper portion.
H01L 27/12 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant autre qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. un corps isolant
H01L 21/84 - Fabrication ou traitement de dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants à l'état solide ou de circuits intégrés formés dans ou sur un substrat commun avec une division ultérieure du substrat en plusieurs dispositifs individuels pour produire des dispositifs, p.ex. des circuits intégrés, consistant chacun en une pluralité de composants le substrat étant autre chose qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. étant un corps isolant
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Zhou, Kai
Pan, Lei
Ma, Ya-Qi
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Abrégé
An integrated circuit includes a control circuit, a first voltage generation circuit, and a second voltage generation circuit. The control circuit is coupled between a first voltage terminal and a first node, and generates an initiation voltage at the first node. The first voltage generation circuit and the second voltage generation circuit are coupled to a first capacitive unit at the first node and coupled to a second capacitive unit at a second node. The first voltage generation circuit generates, in response to the initiation voltage at the first node, a first control signal based on a first supply voltage to the second voltage generation circuit. The second voltage generation circuit generates, in response to the first control signal received from the first voltage generation circuit, a second control signal to the first node, based on a second supply voltage.
H02H 9/04 - Circuits de protection de sécurité pour limiter l'excès de courant ou de tension sans déconnexion sensibles à un excès de tension
H03K 17/56 - Commutation ou ouverture de porte électronique, c. à d. par d'autres moyens que la fermeture et l'ouverture de contacts caractérisée par l'utilisation de composants spécifiés par l'utilisation, comme éléments actifs, de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
93.
Integrated circuit design method, system and computer program product
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Patidar, Ankita
Goel, Sandeep Kumar
Lee, Yun-Han
Abrégé
A method executed at least partially by a processor includes creating a plurality of groups of paths from a plurality of paths in an integrated circuit (IC) layout diagram. Each group among the plurality of groups has a dominant feature among a plurality of features of the plurality of paths. The dominant features of the plurality of groups are different from each other. The method further includes testing at least one path in a group among the plurality of groups. The method also includes, in response to the testing indicating that the at least one path fails, modifying at least one of the IC layout diagram, at least a portion of at least one library having cells included in the IC layout diagram, or a manufacturing process for manufacturing an IC corresponding to the IC layout diagram.
G06F 30/327 - Synthèse logique; Synthèse de comportement, p.ex. logique de correspondance, langage de description de matériel [HDL] à liste d’interconnections [Netlist], langage de haut niveau à langage de transfert entre registres [RTL] ou liste d’interconnections [Netlist]
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
G06F 30/3308 - Vérification de la conception, p.ex. simulation fonctionnelle ou vérification du modèle par simulation
G06F 30/333 - Conception en vue de la testabilité [DFT], p.ex. chaîne de balayage ou autotest intégré [BIST]
G06F 119/18 - Analyse de fabricabilité ou optimisation de fabricabilité
G06F 119/02 - Analyse de fiabilité ou optimisation de fiabilité; Analyse de défaillance, p.ex. performance dans le pire scénario, analyse du mode de défaillance et de ses effets [FMEA]
94.
Static random access memory with adaptive precharge signal generated in response to tracking operation
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yang, Xiu-Li
Wan, He-Zhou
Kong, Lu-Ping
Jiang, Wei-Yang
Abrégé
A device is disclosed. The device includes a first tracking control line, a first tracking circuit, a first sense circuit, and a precharge circuit. The first tracking control line is configured to transmit a first tracking control signal. The first tracking circuit is configured to generate, in response to the first tracking control signal, a first tracking signal associated with first tracking cells in a memory array. The first sense circuit is configured to receive the first tracking signal, and is configured to generate a first sense tracking signal in response to the first tracking signal. The precharge circuit is configured to generate, in response to a rising edge of the first sense tracking signal and a falling edge of a read enable delayed signal, a precharge signal for precharging data lines associated with memory cell in the memory array. A method is also disclosed herein.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Chuang, Yi-Lin
Tan, Shi-Wen
Liu, Song
Lin, Shih-Yao
Fang, Wen-Yuan
Abrégé
A method is provided in the present disclosure. The method includes several operations: generating a floor plan having multiple macros for an integrated circuit; adjusting the macros according to a channel area interposed between the pins; separating the macros by a channel width of the channel area; and adjusting, in accordance with correlations between the macros and multiple registers, the macros in the floor plan.
G06F 30/398 - Vérification ou optimisation de la conception, p.ex. par vérification des règles de conception [DRC], vérification de correspondance entre géométrie et schéma [LVS] ou par les méthodes à éléments finis [MEF]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC Nanjing Company Limited (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xian, Huai-Xin
Zhou, Yang
Meng, Qing-Chao
Abrégé
A device includes a master latch, a slave latch and a retention latch coupled to each other. The retention latch includes first and second active areas, first and second gate structures. The first and second active areas extend in a first direction. The first gate structure extends in a second direction, the first gate structure including first and second portions that are separated from each other. The first portion is arranged over the first active area, and the second portion is arranged over the second active area. The second gate structure extends in the second direction, and is arranged over the first active area. The second gate structure is separated from the second active area and the first gate structure in a layout view. An end portion of the second active area is between the first gate structure and the second gate structure.
G11C 11/412 - Mémoires numériques caractérisées par l'utilisation d'éléments d'emmagasinage électriques ou magnétiques particuliers; Eléments d'emmagasinage correspondants utilisant des éléments électriques utilisant des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs utilisant des transistors formant des cellules avec réaction positive, c. à d. des cellules ne nécessitant pas de rafraîchissement ou de régénération de la charge, p.ex. multivibrateur bistable, déclencheur de Schmitt utilisant uniquement des transistors à effet de champ
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Xie, Tian-Yu
Wang, Xin-Yong
Pan, Lei
Chen, Kuo-Ji
Abrégé
An IC structure includes first and second transistors, an isolation region and a first gate extension. The first transistor includes a first gate and first source/drain regions respectively on opposite sides of the first gate. The second transistor includes a second gate and second source/drain regions respectively on opposite sides of the second gate. The isolation region is laterally between the first and second transistors. A first one of the first source/drain regions has a first source/drain extension protruding from a first boundary of the isolation region, and a first one of the second source/drain regions has a second source/drain extension protruding from a second boundary of the isolation region. The first gate extension extends from the first gate to a position overlapping the isolation region.
H01L 27/12 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant autre qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. un corps isolant
H01L 21/84 - Fabrication ou traitement de dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants à l'état solide ou de circuits intégrés formés dans ou sur un substrat commun avec une division ultérieure du substrat en plusieurs dispositifs individuels pour produire des dispositifs, p.ex. des circuits intégrés, consistant chacun en une pluralité de composants le substrat étant autre chose qu'un corps semi-conducteur, p.ex. étant un corps isolant
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Yan, Zhang-Ying
Wang, Xin-Yong
Abrégé
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an active region, an isolation structure, a first metal line, gate structure, source/drain region, a source/drain contact, and a second metal line. The active region protrudes from a top surface of the substrate. The isolation structure is over the substrate and laterally surrounds the active region. The first metal line is in the isolation structure. The gate structure is over the active region. The source/drain region is in the active region. The source/drain contact is over the active region and is electrically connected to the source/drain region. The second metal line is over the gate structure and the source/drain contact, in which the second metal line vertically overlaps the first metal line.
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 21/768 - Fixation d'interconnexions servant à conduire le courant entre des composants distincts à l'intérieur du dispositif
H01L 27/088 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant uniquement des composants semi-conducteurs d'un seul type comprenant uniquement des composants à effet de champ les composants étant des transistors à effet de champ à porte isolée
H01L 29/66 - Types de dispositifs semi-conducteurs
99.
Replacement metal gate device structure and method of manufacturing same
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Hsu, Min Han
Tsao, Jung-Chih
Abrégé
The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin, and a gate stack over the semiconductor fin. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer over a channel region of the semiconductor fin, a work function material layer over the gate dielectric layer, wherein the work function material layer includes dopants, and a gate electrode layer over the work function material layer. The gate dielectric layer is free of the dopants.
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Taïwan, Province de Chine)
TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITED (Chine)
Inventeur(s)
Wang, Xin-Yong
Han, Liu
Tien, Li-Chun
Chen, Chih-Liang
Abrégé
A device includes a transistor, an insulating structure, a buried conductive line, and a buried via. The transistor is above a substrate and includes a source/drain region and a source/drain contact above the source/drain region. The insulating structure is above the substrate and laterally surrounds the transistor. The buried conductive line is in the insulating structure and spaced apart from the transistor. The buried via is in the insulating structure and interconnects the transistor and the buried conductive line. A height of the buried conductive line is greater than a height of the source/drain contact.
H01L 23/522 - Dispositions pour conduire le courant électrique à l'intérieur du dispositif pendant son fonctionnement, d'un composant à un autre comprenant des interconnexions externes formées d'une structure multicouche de couches conductrices et isolantes inséparables du corps semi-conducteur sur lequel elles ont été déposées
H01L 27/088 - Dispositifs consistant en une pluralité de composants semi-conducteurs ou d'autres composants à l'état solide formés dans ou sur un substrat commun comprenant des éléments de circuit passif intégrés avec au moins une barrière de potentiel ou une barrière de surface le substrat étant un corps semi-conducteur comprenant uniquement des composants semi-conducteurs d'un seul type comprenant uniquement des composants à effet de champ les composants étant des transistors à effet de champ à porte isolée