# US 12,223,251 B2 · Standard cell and semiconductor device including anchor nodes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,251 B2 - Document ID: US12223251B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/355,283 - Filed: 2023-07-19 - Published: 2024-08-01 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-02 - Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. - Inventors: Nien-Yu Tsai; Chin-Chang Hsu; Wen-Ju Yang; Hsien-Hsin Sean Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223251B2 ## CPC - G06F 30/392: Floor-planning or layout, e.g. partitioning or placement - G06F 30/398: Design verification or optimisation, e.g. using design rule check [DRC], layout versus schematics [LVS] or finite element methods [FEM] (optical proximity correction [OPC] design processes G03F1/36) - H10D 89/00: Aspects of integrated devices not covered by groups H10D84/00 - H10D88/00 - H10D 89/10: Integrated device layouts - G06F 30/39: Circuit design at the physical level (physical level design for reconfigurable circuits G06F30/347) - G06F 2119/18: Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ## Abstract A semiconductor device includes a first cell. The first cell includes a first functional feature, a first sensitivity region, at least one anchor node, wherein each of the at least one anchor node is different from the first functional feature, and a number of anchor nodes of the at least one anchor node linked to the first functional feature is based on a position of the first functional feature relative to the first sensitivity region. The semiconductor device further includes a second cell abutting the first cell. The second cell includes a second functional feature, wherein the second functional feature satisfies a minimum spacing requirement with respect to the first functional feature. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A semiconductor device comprising: a first cell, wherein the first cell comprises: a first functional feature, a first sensitivity region, and at least one anchor node, wherein each of the at least one anchor node is different from the first functional feature, and a number of anchor nodes of the at least one anchor node linked to the first functional feature is based on a position of the first functional feature relative to the first sensitivity region; and a second cell abutting the first cell, wherein the second cell comprises: a second functional feature, wherein the second functional feature satisfies a minimum spacing requirement with respect to the first functional feature. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the number of anchor nodes is one in response to the first functional feature contacting but not extending beyond an edge of the first sensitivity region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the number of anchor nodes is a first number, greater than one, in response to an edge of the first functional feature extending into the first sensitivity region a distance less than a threshold distance. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The semiconductor device of claim 3, wherein the number of anchor nodes is a second number, greater than the first number, in response to the edge of the first functional feature extending into the first sensitivity region a distance equal to or greater than the threshold distance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the first cell further comprises a second sensitivity region on an opposite side of the first cell from the first sensitivity region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the first sensitivity region is between the second cell and the first functional feature. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The semiconductor device of claim 1, wherein the first functional feature is between the first sensitivity region and the second cell. ### Claim 8 A semiconductor device comprising: a first cell, wherein the first cell comprises: a plurality of functional features; a first sensitivity region, wherein a first functional feature of the plurality of functional features extends into the first sensitivity region; and at least one anchor node, wherein each of the at least one anchor node is different from the first functional feature, and a number of anchor nodes of the at least one anchor node linked to the first functional feature is based on a distance that the first functional feature extends into the first sensitivity region; and a second cell abutting the first cell, wherein the second cell comprises: a second functional feature, wherein the second functional feature satisfies a minimum spacing requirement with respect to each of the plurality of functional features. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein a second function feature of the plurality of functional features is entirely outside of the first sensitivity region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein the first cell further comprises a second sensitivity region, and the second sensitivity region is spaced from the first sensitivity region in a first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The semiconductor device of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of functional features is spaced from another of the plurality of functional features in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein a second functional feature of the plurality of functional features extends into the first sensitivity region farther than the first functional feature extends into the first sensitivity region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The semiconductor device of claim 12, wherein the first cell further comprises a plurality of second anchor nodes linked to the second functional feature, and a number of the plurality of second anchor nodes is greater than the number of the at least one anchor node. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The semiconductor device of claim 8, wherein a second functional feature of the plurality of functional features extends into the first sensitivity region, and the first functional feature extends farther into the first sensitivity region than the second functional feature. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The semiconductor device of claim 14, wherein the first cell further comprises at least one second anchor nodes linked to the second functional feature, and a number of the at least one second anchor nodes is less than the number of the at least one anchor node. ### Claim 16 A semiconductor device comprising: a first cell, wherein the first cell comprises: a first sensitivity region; a first functional feature extending a first distance into the first sensitivity region; a second functional feature extending a second distance into the first sensitivity region; a first set of anchor nodes associated with the first functional feature, wherein a number of anchor nodes of the first set of anchor nodes is based on the first distance; and a second set of anchor nodes associated with the second functional feature, wherein a number of anchor nodes of the second set of anchor nodes is based on the second distance; and a second cell abutting the first cell, wherein the second cell comprises: a third functional feature, wherein the third functional feature satisfies a minimum spacing requirement with respect to the first functional feature and the second functional feature. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, and the number of anchor nodes in the second set of anchor nodes is greater than the number of anchor nodes in the first set of anchor nodes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein the second distance is equal to the first distance, and the number of anchor nodes in the second set of anchor nodes is equal to the number of anchor nodes in the first set of anchor nodes. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein the first sensitivity region is between the first functional feature and the second cell. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The semiconductor device of claim 16, wherein the second cell comprises a second sensitivity region, and the second sensitivity region abuts the first sensitivity region.