Patent ID: 10460067

Abstract:
The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor fabrication, and more particularly to a method of defining routing tracks for a standard cell semiconductor device, and to the standard cell semiconductor device fabricated using the method. In one aspect, a method of defining routing tracks in a target layer over a standard cell semiconductor device includes forming mandrels and forming a first set and a second set of spacers for defining the routing tracks. The standard cell semiconductor device includes a device layer and the routing tracks for contacting a device layer. The routing tracks include at least two pairs of off-center routing tracks, a central routing track arranged between the pairs of off-center routing tracks, and at least two edge tracks arranged on opposing sides of the at least two pairs of off-center routing tracks. A minimum distance between an off-center routing track and the central routing track next to the off-center routing track is smaller than a minimum distance between adjacent off-center routing tracks.