Patent ID: 8631374
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) fabricated from a representation of the IC, the representation comprising: a first plurality of adjacent cell instances, a first gate strip formed by the first plurality of adjacent cell instances and extending continuously across the first plurality of adjacent cell instances, each cell instance in the first plurality of adjacent cell instances having cut gate features located along opposing boundaries of the cell instance to indicate locations for cutting the first gate strip during fabrication of the IC; a breaker cell instance that includes a gate, wherein both ends of the gate are located within an interior of the breaker cell instance and offset from boundaries of the breaker cell instance; and a second plurality of adjacent cell instances, a second gate strip formed by the second plurality of adjacent cell instances and extending continuously across the second plurality of adjacent cell instances, each cell instance in the second plurality of adjacent cell instances having cut gate features located along opposing boundaries of the cell instance to indicate locations for cutting the second gate strip during fabrication of the IC, wherein the first gate strip, the gate of the breaker cell instance, and the second gate strip are collinear, and the gate of the breaker cell instance is separated from and located between the first gate strip and second gate strip.