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Semiconductor integrated circuit

US7447059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2006
Grant dateNov 4, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10B10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor integrated circuit having an internal SRAM that includes a plurality of arrayed memory cells, including a first bit line and a second bit line that are connected to first ports and a third bit line and a fourth bit line that are connected to second ports of the memory cells, a first and second transistor respectively compose first ports of adjacent first and second memory cells and having shared impurity diffusion region connected to the first bit line via a first interconnection, a third transistor composing a second port of the first memory cell and having an impurity diffusion region connected to the third bit line via a second interconnection a fourth and fifth transistor respectively composing the first ports of the first and second memory ceils and having a shared impurity diffusion region connected to the second bit line via a third interconnection.

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