Semiconductor device power bus system and method
AssigneeUnion Semiconductor Technology Corporation
InventorWayne Arthur Theel
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Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a first power pad, a second power pad, a first power network, and a second power network. The first power pad is operable to supply a first potential, and the second power pad is operable to supply a second potential. The first power network defines a first periphery in the semiconductor device and is coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad. The second power network defines a second periphery in the semiconductor device and is coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad.
Claims51
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a first power pad operable to supply a first potential;
- a second power pad operable to supply a second potential;
- a first power network defining a first periphery in the semiconductor device and coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad;
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- a second power network defining a second periphery in the semiconductor device and coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad, the second periphery positioned within the first periphery.
A power bus system for an integrated circuit, comprising:
- first supply means for providing a first potential;
- second supply means for providing a second potential;
- first power network means connected to the first supply means and second supply means, the first power network means for defining a first periphery and for providing power to circuits connected to the first power network means;
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- second power network means connected to the first supply means and the second supply means, the second power network means for defining a second periphery within the first periphery and for providing power to circuits connected to the second power network means.
A method of providing power to an integrated circuit, the method comprising:
- providing a first power network along a first periphery of the integrated circuit;
- providing a second power network along a second periphery of the integrated circuit;
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- disposing the second periphery within the first periphery.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a first power pad operable to supply a first potential;
- a second power pad operable to supply a second potential;
- a first power network defining a first periphery in the semiconductor device and coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad;
- a second power network defining a second periphery in the semiconductor device and coupled to the first power pad and the second power pad, the second periphery symmetrically disposed between the first power pad and the second power pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.