Patent ID: 11862620
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a standard logic cell configured to fulfil a function;
a power gating cell coupled to the standard logic cell configured to disconnect a power supply to the standard logic cell in response to a control signal, the power gating cell having a central area and a peripheral area surrounding the central area; and
wherein the power gating cell further comprises:
a first active region located in the central area, the first active region having a first width in a first direction corresponding to at least four fin structures extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and
a plurality of second active regions located in the peripheral area, each second active region having a second width in the first direction corresponding to at least one and no more than three fin structures extending in the second direction.