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Standard cell for integrated circuit

US8963210B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Rwik Sengupta · Austin, US
Rohit Gupta · Redmond, US
Mitesh Goyal · Bengaluru, IN
Olivier Menut · Saint-Martin-d'Hères, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2011
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
WIPO fieldSemiconductors
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) cell may include first and second semiconductor regions, and parallel electrically conductive lines extending above the first and second semiconductor regions. The IC cell may further include electrically conductive line contacts electrically connected to the parallel electrically conductive lines, and may include at least one first line contact between the first semiconductor region and a corresponding end of the IC cell, and at least one second line contact between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. Adjacent ones of the electrically conductive lines may be respectively coupled to one of the at least one first line contact and to one of the at least one second line contact.

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