Patent ID: 11908538
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a first cell comprising a first metal layer comprising a first power stripe that is operable to connect to a first voltage source to supply a first voltage signal and a first metal stripe divided into multiple metal segments,
wherein a first metal segment in the multiple metal segments extends outside a boundary of the first cell and is operable to supply a second voltage signal to the first cell;
a second cell adjacent the first cell, the second cell comprising the first metal layer comprising the first power stripe that is operable to supply the first voltage signal and a second metal stripe divided into multiple metal segments,
wherein a second metal segment in the multiple metal segments extends outside a boundary of the second cell and is operable to supply the second voltage signal to the second cell, and
wherein the second metal segment includes one or more conductor pillars each connected to the first power stripe,
wherein the first metal segment and the second metal segment form one metal segment that resides between and in the first and the second cells.