Patent ID: 11916017
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An integrated circuit comprising:
a circuit cell having two vertical boundaries extending in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, wherein each of the vertical boundaries passes at least one cell boundary isolation region;
a plurality of horizontal conducting lines in a first connection layer, wherein each of the horizontal conducting lines extends in the first direction, and wherein the horizontal conducting lines include a first horizontal conducting line and a second horizontal conducting line;
a plurality of gate-conductors below the first connection layer, wherein each of the gate-conductors extends in the second direction between the two vertical boundaries, and wherein two adjacent gate-conductors in the circuit cell are separated by a first pitch distance along the first direction;
a plurality of terminal-conductors below the first connection layer, wherein each of the terminal-conductors extends in the second direction between the two vertical boundaries;
a via-connector directly connecting one of the horizontal conducting lines with one of the gate-conductors or with one of the terminal-conductors;
a plurality of vertical conducting lines in a second connection layer above the first connection layer, wherein each of the vertical conducting lines extends in the second direction, and wherein the vertical conducting lines include a first vertical conducting line and a second vertical conducting line;
a plurality of pin-connectors for the circuit cell each extending in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction; and
wherein a first pin-connector is directly connected between the first horizontal conducting line and the first vertical conducting line atop one of the gate-conductors, and wherein a second pin-connector is directly connected between the second horizontal conducting line and the second vertical conducting line atop a first one of the vertical boundaries.