ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,177, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Integrated circuit including asymmetric ending cells and system-on-chip including the same" was invented by Jong-kyu Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Min-su Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Dae-seong Lee (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit including first and second macroblocks arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of cells between the first macroblock and the second macroblock, the plurality of cells including at least one first ending cell adjacent to the first macroblock and having a first widt...