Patent ID: 11943939
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An integrated circuit (IC) device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first core region over the substrate, the first core region comprising:
at least one active region extending along a first direction; and
at least one gate region extending across the at least one active region and along a second direction transverse to the first direction;

at least one first input/output (IO) pattern configured to electrically couple the first core region to external circuitry outside the first core region; and
at least one second IO pattern configured to electrically couple the first core region to external circuitry outside the first core region,
wherein
the at least one first IO pattern extends along a third direction oblique to both the first direction and the second direction,
the at least one second IO pattern extends along a fourth direction oblique to both the first direction and the second direction, the fourth direction transverse to the third direction,
the at least one first IO pattern is arranged in a first metal layer, and
the at least one second IO pattern is arranged in a second metal layer different from the first metal layer.