Patent SG-11201810054R-A (SG)
Title: Standard cell architecture for diffusion based on fin count
Inventor: CORREALE JR ANTHONY
IPC: H01L27/02
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 01111111111111H11111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/013315 Al 18 January 2018 (18.01.2018) W I P0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: COMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San HO1L 27/02 (2006.01) G06F 17/50 (2006.01) Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). HOlL 27/092 (2006.01) (74) Agent: CICCOZZI, John L. et al.; Muncy, Geissler, Olds (21) International Application Number: & Lowe, P.C., 4000 Legato Road, Suite 310, Fairfax, Vir- PCT/US2017/038730 ginia 22033 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 22 June 2017 (22.06.2017) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (25) Filing Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (26) Publication Language: English DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (30) Priority Data: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 62/353,536 22 June 2016 (22.06.2016) US KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 15/629,728 21 June 2017 (21.06.2017) US MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (72) Inventors: CORREALE JR., Anthony; 4729 Wood Val- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, — ley Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27613 (US). BOW- GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, ERS, Benjamin; QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, = Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (US). DELLA ROVA, Tracey; QUALCOMM INCOR- EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, PORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Califor- MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, = _ — nia 92121-1714 (US). GOODALL III, William; QUAL- = (54) Title: STANDARD CELL ARCHITECTURE FOR DIFFUSION BASED ON FIN COUNT = (57) : Disclosed systems and methods pertain to fmfet based inte- = 5 50 grated circuits designed with logic cell architectures which support multiple 570 / diffusion regions for n-type and p-type diffusions. Different diffusion regions 571 of each logic cell can have different widths or fm counts. Abutting two logic (power 520 rail) = ii i cells is enabled based on like fin counts for corresponding diffusion regions - 561 - LI ICI 1 502) 504) logic cells. Diffu- (501, and n-diffusion regions (503, of the two 501 ... . • IN I sion fills are used at common edges between the two logic cells for extending = = = = — 502 - I - .I II II IIII 1 11 II 1 11 II II lengths of diffusion, based on the like fin counts. The logic cell architectures support via redundancy and the ability to selectively control threshold volt- ages of different logic cells with implant tailoring. Half-row height cells can 562 be interleaved with standard full-row height cells. — IM = WM 503 - Il EM 1 11 in 540 NM I (ground rail, local Il interconnect) M 3 Il 504 M 54 . ,. 91 , . C. ) ,.... 510 Il ei 1 ' 11 is 1 r A II— I — Id — Mj SI Elk - MI 1 1 . ! FIG. . 1 ral i i _ I t 5B U! ep - I 1 I . 4. • - 563 594 564 5 11 C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/013315 Al MIDEDIMOHNIIMEIHRIIMMOMMODEVON TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h))