IP Library Patent Application 11783462
Patent Application
App. No. 11/783,462

Semiconductor memory device

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App. No.
11/783,462
Abstract

A gate electrode of a MOS transistor connected with a word line and a bit line in an SRAM has a projection extending in a direction away from a contact electrically connecting a drain region of the MOS transistor and the bit line. A contact electrically connecting the gate electrode and the word line is provided in the projection of the gate electrode.

Claims (19)

1 . A semiconductor memory device including an SRAM, wherein a gate electrode of a MOS transistor connected with a word line and a bit line in the SRAM has a projection extending in a direction away from a contact electrically connecting a drain region of the MOS transistor and the bit line, and

a contact electrically connecting the gate electrode and the word line is provided in the projection.

2 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 1 , comprising a DRAM,

wherein the bit line in the SRAM and a bit line in the DRAM are formed in a common interconnect layer.

3 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 2 , wherein the DRAM has a stacked capacitor, and

the layer where the bit lines are formed is above the capacitor.

4 . A semiconductor memory device including an SRAM, the device comprising:

a conductive projection, which is in contact with a gate electrode of a MOS transistor connected with a word line and a bit line in the SRAM and extends in a direction away from a contact electrically connecting a drain region of the MOS transistor and the bit line, and

a contact electrically connecting the projection and the word line.

5 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 4 , comprising a DRAM,

wherein the bit line in the SRAM and a bit line in the DRAM are formed in a common interconnect layer.

6 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 5 , wherein the DRAM has a stacked capacitor, and

the layer where the bit lines are formed is above the capacitor.

7 . A semiconductor memory device including an SRAM, wherein a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor are connected to a common word line in the SRAM and have a common gate electrode, and a contact that electrically connects the gate electrode and the word line is provided outside a region surrounded by contacts that are connected with a drain region and a source region respectively of the first MOS transistor and by contacts that are connected with a drain region and a source region respectively of the second MOS transistor.

8 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 7 , comprising a DRAM,

wherein a bit line in the SRAM and a bit line in the DRAM are formed in a common interconnect layer.

9 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 8 , wherein the DRAM has a stacked capacitor, and

the layer where the bit lines are formed is above the capacitor.

10 . The semiconductor memory device of claim 7 , wherein a bit line and an inverted bit line in the SRAM are twisted together, the inverted bit line being obtained by inverting logic of the bit line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2007
From: TERADA, YUTAKA
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019809/0820 →