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US 2026/0040926 A1Published application
Placement flexibility for standard cells
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsShreesh NARASIMHA, Yan SUN
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Abstract
A chip includes a first positive supply rail extending in a first direction, a first ground rail extending in the first direction, a second positive supply rail extending in the first direction, and a second ground rail extending in the first direction. The second positive supply rail is aligned with the first ground rail in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the second ground rail is aligned with the first positive supply rail in the second direction.
Claims16
A chip, comprising:
- a first positive supply rail extending in a first direction;
- a first ground rail extending in the first direction;
- a second positive supply rail extending in the first direction, wherein the second positive supply rail is aligned with the first ground rail in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- a second ground rail extending in the first direction, wherein the second ground rail is aligned with the first positive supply rail in the second direction.
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A chip, comprising:
- a first positive supply rail extending in a first direction;
- a ground rail extending in the first direction;
- a second positive supply rail extending in the first direction, wherein the second positive supply rail is aligned with the first positive supply rail in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- a third positive supply rail extending in the first direction, wherein the third positive supply rail is aligned with the ground rail in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.