US Patent Issued to Synopsys on Jan. 27 for "Boundary cell having a common semiconductor type for library cell" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,360, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Synopsys Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Boundary cell having a common semiconductor type for library cell" was invented by Arpit Jain (Alwar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Boundary cells are used to abut two standard cell blocks. A standard cell block for an integrated circuit device includes a first standard cell, and a first boundary cell disposed adjacent to the first standard cell and along a boundary of the standard cell block. The first boundary cell includes a first region, a first dummy region, and a first layer extension region. The first region is abutted with the first standard ce...