Patent ID: 11868697
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a hand held device, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
placing, by the processor, a base layout cell in a layout, wherein the base layout cell comprises:
first and second metal layer patterns extending in a first direction;
a plurality of active area layer patterns between the first metal layer pattern and the second metal layer pattern, wherein the plurality of active area layer patterns extends in the first direction;
a plurality of conductive gate layer patterns extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and traversing over the first and second metal layer patterns and over the plurality of active area layer patterns;
a plurality of metal-zero patterns extending in the second direction between two conductive gate layer patterns of the plurality of conductive gate layer patterns, wherein a first metal-zero pattern of the plurality of metal-zero patterns traverses over at least one active area layer pattern of the plurality of active area layer patterns, and wherein a width of a second metal-zero pattern of the plurality of metal-zero patterns is less than a width of the at least one active area layer pattern; and
a cut metal layer extending in the first direction between two active area layer patterns of the plurality of active area layer patterns, wherein the cut metal layer is between at least two conductive gate layer patterns;

connecting, by the processor, one or more of the first and second metal layer patterns, the plurality of active area layer patterns, the plurality of conductive gate layer patterns, the plurality of metal-zero patterns to represent a first circuit; and
connecting, by the processor, the first circuit to a second circuit.