Integrated circuit device and method for forming the same
View Patent ↗In an integrated circuit device, element power supply lines connected to a circuit containing a plurality of cells, element ground lines connected thereto, a trunk power supply line connected to each of the element power supply lines, and a trunk ground line connected to each of the element ground lines are provided in a first wiring layer. A branch power supply line connected to the trunk power supply line and a branch ground line connected to the trunk ground line are provided in an upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer. A wiring structure is determined based on a wiring structure equation expressing the relations among a voltage drop in the lines, the area occupied thereby, and a current consumed thereby and on a circuit characteristic equation expressing, when the circuit is subdivided while the ratio between the area of the circuit and a current consumed thereby is held constant, the relation between an area occupied by a circuit resulting from subdivision and a current consumed thereby.
1. An integrated circuit device having first and second circuit portions each including electronic elements, the device comprising:
a first element voltage supply line connected to a higher-potential terminal of the first circuit portion;
a second element voltage supply line connected to a lower-potential terminal of the first circuit portion;
a third element voltage supply line connected to a higher-potential terminal of the second circuit portion;
a fourth element voltage supply line connected to a lower-potential terminal of the second circuit portion;
a first trunk voltage supply line connected to the first element voltage supply line;
a second trunk voltage supply line connected to each of the second and fourth element voltage supply lines;
a third trunk voltage supply line connected to the third element voltage supply line;
a first branch voltage supply line connected to each of the first and third trunk voltage supply lines to supply a voltage from the outside to each of the first and third trunk voltage supply lines;
a second branch voltage supply line connected to each of the second and fourth trunk voltage supply lines to supply a voltage from the outside to each of the second and fourth trunk voltage supply lines;
a first wiring layer having the first to fourth element voltage supply lines and the first to third trunk voltage supply lines provides therein; and
at least one upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer to have the first and second branch voltage supply lines provided therein.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein
the first trunk voltage supply line is composed of first and second wiring portions,
the device being configured to electrically isolate the first and third trunk voltage supply lines from each other.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein
the second trunk voltage supply line is composed of first and second wiring portions,
the device being configured to electrically isolate the second and fourth trunk voltage supply lines from each other.