Patent ID: 7506295

Claim:
A layout for an integrated circuit (“IC”), the layout stored on a computer readable medium, wherein said layout is used in a process for designing the IC, said layout comprising: a first circuit module that is a geometric representation of a first circuit component of the IC, wherein said first circuit module comprises a shape of a modified first parallelogram with a first beveled corner, wherein because of said first beveled corner, said modified first parallelogram comprises more than four sides; and a second circuit module that is a geometric representation of a second circuit component of the IC, wherein said second circuit module comprises a shape of a modified second parallelogram with a second beveled corner, wherein because of said second beveled corner, said modified second parallelogram comprises more than four sides, wherein the first and second beveled corners facilitate connecting of non-Manhattan routes to the first and second circuit modules, wherein at least one of the first and second circuit components is for receiving a signal and performing an electrical operation based on the received signal.