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US08132142B2 Various methods and apparatuses to route multiple power rails to a cell 有权
将多个电力轨道路由到电池的各种方法和装置

Various methods and apparatuses to route multiple power rails to a cell
Abstract:
Various methods and apparatuses are described in which an integrated circuit is organized into rows and columns of macro cells having a layout architecture that includes at least two metal layers and a plurality of traces carrying three or more different potentials of voltage routed by the metal layers. A first, a second, and a third adjacent metal layers extend across the integrated circuit. The plurality of traces carry three or more different potentials of voltage and are routed in the metal layers. A first power trace supplies a VDD voltage potential. A second power trace supplies a VSS voltage potential. A third power trace supplies a third voltage potential to support sleep modes and retain data during sleep modes. All three power supply traces connect to one or more transistors in a first macro cell.
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