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Semiconductor integrated circuit

US5859449A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1997
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D89/10

Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit in which adjacent terminals are formed by using contacts for connecting two metal layers or formed by using any of the metal layers so as to be disposed away from each other with an interval equal to larger than one wiring interval in the vertical and the horizontal directions, for example, diagonally or obliquely in a cell.

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