ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,280, issued on June 17, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Split stack triple height cell" was invented by Guru Prasad (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Split stack triple height cells and methods of generating layouts of same are described herein. The structure includes a circuit formed within three stacked rows. The circuit includes a first stage having a first plurality of electrical components and a second stage having a second plurality of electrical components. The first row includes a first electrical component of the first plurality of electrical components within a top...