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CMOS inverter coupling circuit comprising vertical transistors

US8039893B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 2008
Grant dateOct 18, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/038

Abstract

There is provided a semiconductor device formed of a highly integrated high-speed CMOS inverter coupling circuit using SGTs provided on at least two stages. A semiconductor device according to the present invention is formed of a CMOS inverter coupling circuit in which n (n is two or above) CMOS inverters are coupled with each other, each of the n inverters has: a pMOS SGT; an nMOS SGT, an input terminal arranged so as to connect a gate of the pMOS SGT with a gate of the nMOS SGT; an output terminal arranged to connect a drain diffusion layer of the pMOS SGT with a drain diffusion layer of the nMOS SGT in an island-shaped semiconductor lower layer; a pMOS SGT power supply wiring line arranged on a source diffusion layer of the pMOS SGT; and an nMOS SGT power supply wiring line arranged on a source diffusion layer of the NMOS SGT, and an n−1th output terminal is connected with an nth input terminal.

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