Multiple split rail standard cell library architecture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9502351-B1
Application number	US-201514855240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	Sep 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A MOS device includes first and second sets of power rails. The first set of power rails extends across the MOS device and includes at least two power rails for providing a first voltage to the MOS device. The first set of power rails is interior to an edge of a cell boundary in the MOS device. At least one power rail of the first set of power rails extends over a pMOS active region of the MOS device. The second set of power rails extends across the MOS device and includes at least two power rails for providing a second voltage to the MOS device. The second set of power rails is interior to an edge of the cell boundary in the MOS device. At least one power rail of the second set of power rails extends over an nMOS active region of the MOS device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device, comprising:
a first set of power rails extending in a first direction across the MOS device, the first set of power rails including at least two power rails for providing a first voltage to the MOS device, the first set of power rails being interior to an edge of a cell boundary in the MOS device with respect to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, at least one power rail of the first set of power rails extending over a p-type MOS (pMOS) active region of the MOS device; and
a second set of power rails extending in the first direction across the MOS device, the second set of power rails including at least two power rails for providing a second voltage to the MOS device, the second voltage being different than the first voltage, the second set of power rails being interior to an edge of the cell boundary in the MOS device with respect to the second direction, at least one power rail of the second set of power rails extending over an n-type MOS (nMOS) active region of the MOS device.

2. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of power rails are connected to a same pMOS transistor source in the pMOS active region, and the second set of power rails are connected to a same nMOS transistor source in the nMOS active region.

3. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sets of power rails are unidirectional metal one (M1) layer power rails.

4. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the pMOS active region includes a pMOS transistor having a pMOS transistor source, the first set of power rails includes a first pMOS power rail and a second pMOS power rail, and the MOS device further comprises:
a first via coupled between the first pMOS power rail and the pMOS transistor source; and
a second via coupled between the second pMOS power rail and the pMOS transistor source.

5. The MOS device of claim 4 , wherein the first and second vias are aligned along the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

6. The MOS device of claim 4 , wherein the nMOS active region includes an nMOS transistor having an nMOS transistor source, the second set of power rails includes a first nMOS power rail and a second nMOS power rail, and the MOS device further comprises:
a third via coupled between the first nMOS power rail and the nMOS transistor source; and
a fourth via coupled between the second nMOS power rail and the nMOS transistor source.

7. The MOS device of claim 6 , wherein the first and second vias are aligned along a first track extending in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the third and fourth vias are aligned along a second track extending in the second direction.

8. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein at least two power rails of the first set of power rails extend over the pMOS active region of the MOS device, and at least two power rails of the second set of power rails extend over the nMOS active region of the MOS device.

9. The MOS device of claim 8 , wherein the first set of power rails comprises at least three power rails, the second set of power rails comprises at least three power rails, at least one power rail of the first set of power rails extends over the MOS device in a region other than the pMOS active region of the MOS device, and at least one power rail of the second set of power rails extends over the MOS device in a region other than the nMOS active region of the MOS device.

10. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of power rails are formed by a first mask, and the second set of power rails are formed by a second mask different than the first mask.

11. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein each of the power rails of the first and second sets of power rails have approximately a same width.

12. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein at least one power rail of the first set of power rails has a first width and at least one power rail of the first set of power rails has a second width, and at least one power rail of the second set of power rails has the first width and at least one power rail of the second set of power rails has the second width, the second width being different than the first width.

13. The MOS device of claim 12 , wherein the second width is less than the first width.

14. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of power rails includes a first pMOS power rail that extends along a first track in the first direction and a second pMOS power rail that extends along a second track in the first direction, and the second set of power rails includes a first nMOS power rail that extends along a third track in the first direction and a second nMOS power rail that extends along a fourth track in the first direction, the first track and the second track having one intervening track therebetween, the third track and the fourth track having one intervening track therebetween.

15. The MOS device of claim 14 , wherein the first set of power rails includes a third pMOS power rail that extends along a fifth track in the first direction, and the second set of power rails includes a third nMOS power rail that extends along a sixth track in the first direction, the second track and the fifth track having one intervening track therebetween, the fourth track and the sixth track having one intervening track therebetween.

16. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein at least one power rail of the first set of power rails extends over the MOS device in a region other than the pMOS active region of the MOS device, and at least one power rail of the second set of power rails extends over the MOS device in a region other than the nMOS active region of the MOS device.

17. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of power rails include a first pMOS power rail and a second pMOS power rail, and the second set of power rails include a first nMOS power rail and a second nMOS power rail, wherein the first pMOS power rail and the second nMOS power rail are formed by a first mask, and the second pMOS power rail and the first nMOS power rail are formed by a second mask different than the first mask.

18. The MOS device of claim 17 , wherein the first pMOS power rail and the first nMOS power rail have approximately a same first width, and the second pMOS power rail and the second nMOS power rail have approximately a same second width different than the first width.

19. The MOS device of claim 18 , wherein the second width is less than the first width.

20. The MOS device of claim 1 , wherein the first set of power rails includes a first pMOS power rail that extends along a first track in the first direction and a second pMOS power rail that extends along a second track in the first direction, and the second set of power rails includes a first nMOS power rail that extends along a third track in the first direction and a second nMOS power rail that extends along a fourth track in the first direction, the first track and the second track having at least two intervening tracks therebetween, the third track and the fourth track having at least two intervening tracks therebetween.

21. The MOS device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a shared pMOS power rail extending across the MOS device at a first edge of the cell boundary in the MOS device; and
a shared nMOS power rail extending across the MOS device at a second edge of the cell boundary in the MOS device.

22. The MOS device of claim 21 , wherein said at least one power rail of the first set of power rails that

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Sahu Satyanarayana

Classifications

• H10W20/427 Primary

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• H10D84/981

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• H10D84/85

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• H10D30/62

  Fin field-effect transistors [FinFET] · CPC title

• H10D89/10

  Integrated device layouts · CPC title