1. An electronic device comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having an array of gate conductors, each having a length and a width, comprised of dummy gate conductors and functional gate conductors extending in a widthwise direction, said gate conductors positioned substantially parallel to each other in said widthwise direction and periodically spaced apart a fixed distance in a direction substantially perpendicular to said widthwise direction.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein said functional gate conductors include conductors of at least two different widths.
3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein said dummy gate conductors include conductors of at least two different widths.
4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein said dummy gate conductors and functional gate conductors include conductors of the same width.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising additional dummy gate conductors positioned adjacent to ends of said functional gate conductors.
6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein said additional dummy gate conductors are the same width as one of said functional gate conductors.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the length of said functional gate conductors is a function of positive integer multiples of a minimum length of said gate conductors and of positive integer multiples of said fixed distance.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the length of said dummy gate conductors is a function of positive integer multiples of a minimum length of said gate conductors and of positive integer multiples of said fixed distance.
9. The electronic device of claim 1, further including sourcedrains formed in said substrate underneath and proximate to said functional gate conductors.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, further including N-wells, P-wells or both N-wells and P-wells formed in said substrate underneath and proximate to said functional gate conductors.
11. The electronic device of claim 1, further including a gate dielectric formed between said gate conductors and said substrate.
12. A method of fabricating an electronic device comprising:
providing a semiconductor substrate; and
forming on said substrate, an array of gate conductors, each having a length and a width, comprised of dummy gate conductor and functional gate conductors extending in a widthwise direction, said gate conductors positioned substantially parallel to each other in said widthwise direction and periodically spaced apart a fixed distance in a direction substantially perpendicular to said widthwise direction.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said functional gate conductors include conductors of at least two different widths.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein said dummy gate conductors include conductors of at least two different widths.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said dummy gate conductors and functional gate conductors include conductors of the same width.
16. The method of claim 12, further comprising forming additional dummy gate conductor positioned adjacent to ends of said functional gate conductors.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein said additional dummy gate conductors are the same width as one of said functional gate conductors.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein the length of said functional gate conductors is a function of positive integer multiples of a minimum length of said gate conductors and of positive integer multiples of said fixed distance.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein the length of said dummy gate conductors is a function of positive integer multiples of a minimum length of said gate conductors and of positive integer multiples of said fixed distance.
20. The method of claim 12, further including forming sourcedrains in said substrate underneath and proximate to said functional gate conductors.
21. The method of claim 12, further including forming N-wells, P-wells or both N-wells and P-wells in said substrate underneath and proximate to said functional gate conductors.
22. The method of claim 12, further including a forming a gate dielectric between said gate conductors and said substrate.
23. A method of designing a device having a gate length and a gate width comprising:
providing a design grid of gate shapes, each gate shape having a fixed width defined by opposite ends and extending in a widthwise direction, a useable fixed width less than said fixed width and a fixed length extending in a lengthwise direction, said lengthwise direction substantially perpendicular to said widthwise direction, said gate shapes arranged substantially parallel to each other in said widthwise direction and periodically spaced apart a fixed distance in said lengthwise direction; and
forming a functional gate shape from one or more of said gate shapes.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein gate shapes and portions of gate shapes not used to form said functional gate shape are left in place as dummy gate shapes not connected to said functional gate shape.
25. The method of claim 23 further comprising, if said gate length is equal to said fixed length, connecting a whole number of gate shapes together along an end of each of said number of gate shapes, the number of gate shapes determined by dividing said gate width by said useable fixed width.
26. The method of claim 23 further comprising, if said gate length is greater than said fixed length, determining a minimum positive integer and a new gate length such that said new gate length is greater than said gate length and said new gate length is equal to said minimum positive integer times the sum of said fixed length and said fixed distance.
27. The method of claim 26, further including determining a new gate width by multiplying together the sum of said fixed length and said fixed distance, said minimum positive integer and said fixed gate width and dividing the result by said fixed gate length.
28. The method of claim 27, further including connecting a number gate shapes equal to said minimum positive integer of gate shapes together along an end of each of said number of gate shapes, each gate shape of said number of gates shapes having a width equal to said new gate width.
29. The method of claim 23 further including, if said gate width divided by said useable gate length is less than 1, forming said functional gate from a gate shape of a length equal to said gate width.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A shoe comprising an upper and a detachable heel, wherein the heel can be attached to the upper using a single screw.
2. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the screw protrudes from the heel and the upper comprises a threaded barrel to which the screw can be attached in order to secure the heel to the upper.
3. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the screw protrudes from the upper and the heel comprises a threaded barrel to which the screw can be inserted in order to secure the heel to the upper.
4. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the upper comprises an arch, a midsole, an outersole and a shank, wherein the shank is a flat, rigid plate that mirrors the arch of the upper, wherein the shank resides between the midsole and the outersole.
5. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the shank is metal.
6. The shoe of claim 2, wherein
the upper comprises an arch, a midsole, an outersole and a shank,
the shank is a flat, rigid plate that mirrors the arch of the upper and resides between the midsole and the outersole, and
the barrel and shank are made from one continuous piece of metal.
7. The shoe of claim 1, further comprising an uppermost edge that comprises supporting stitching.
8. The shoe of claim 6, wherein the supporting stitching is elastic stitching.
9. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the heel is a high heel.
10. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the heel is a flat heel.
11. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the heel is of mid-height.
12. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the heel is a pyramid heel, a stiletto, a spike heel, a kitten heel, or a block heel.
13. The shoe of claim 1, wherein the shoe is a boot, a mule, a slingback, a pump, or a slipper.
14. The shoe of claim 1, wherein
the screw protrudes from the heel and the upper comprises a threaded barrel to which the screw can be inserted in order to secure the heel to the upper;
the upper comprises an arch, a midsole, an outersole and a shank, wherein the shank is a flat, rigid plate that mirrors the arch of the upper, wherein the shank resides between the midsole and the outersole; and
the upper comprises an uppermost edge that comprises elastic stitching.
15. A heel for a shoe upper, the heel comprising a top portion designed to attach to the upper, and a bottom portion designed to contact the ground when the upper is worn with the heel, the heel comprising a single screw extending outward from the top of the heel perpendicular to the ground.
16. A heel for a shoe upper, the heel comprising a top portion designed to attach to the upper, and a bottom portion designed to contact the ground when the shoe is worn with the heel, the heel comprising a threaded barrel to which a screw protruding from the upper can be inserted in order to secure the heel to the upper.
17. The heel of claim 15, wherein the heel is a high heel.
18. The heel of claim 15, wherein the heel is a flat heel.
19. The heel of claim 15, wherein the heel is of mid-height.
20. The heel of claim 15, wherein the heel is a pyramid heel, a stiletto, a spike heel, a kitten heel, or a block heel.
21. The heel of claim 15, further comprising the upper.
22. The heel of claim 21, wherein the upper is an upper of a boot, a mule or a slipper.