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Standard cell, standard cell library, and semiconductor integrated circuit with suppressed variation in characteristics

US7538368B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2005
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/931

Abstract

In a standard cell, at least one of transistors on either side of a transistor having gate length different from that of the other transistors are set to be always in the OFF state. This prevents influence to the operation of the standard cell even with variation in final gate dimension, suppressing variation in characteristics of the standard cell.

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