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

Claim 0:
1. A power gating cell on an integrated circuit, comprising:
a central area;
a peripheral area surrounding the central area;
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,
wherein the at least one and no more than three fin structure corresponding to each of the plurality of second active regions are not aligned with a set of global fin grids.