US Patent Issued to UNITED MICROELECTRONICS on Sept. 2 for "Integrated circuit layout including standard cells and method to form the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,125, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Integrated circuit layout including standard cells and method to form the same" was invented by Chien-Hung Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Ruei-Yau Chen (Pingtung County, Taiwan), Wei-Jen Wang (Tainan, Taiwan), Kun-Yuan Wu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chien-Fu Chen (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Chen-Hsien Hsu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an integrated circuit layout including at least two standard cells having different cell heights is disclosed. The standard cells respectively have a well boundary to divide a PMOS r...