IP Library Granted Patent US 9,385,133
Granted Patent B2
US 9,385,133 · App. 14/921,038 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Semiconductor device including memory cell with transistors disposed in different active regions

Inventors: Masao Morimoto (Tokyo, JP); Noriaki Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhisa Shimazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
H01L27/1104G06F17/5072G11C11/412H01L27/0207H01L27/1116
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Patent No.
US 9,385,133
App. No.
14/921,038
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device having an SRAM which includes: a monolithic first active region in which a first transistor and a fifth transistor are disposed; a second active region separated from the first active region, in which a second transistor is disposed; a monolithic third active region in which a third transistor and a sixth transistor are disposed; and a fourth active region separated from the third active region, in which a fourth transistor is disposed. Each driver transistor is divided into a first transistor and a second transistor (or a third transistor and a fourth transistor) and these driver transistors are disposed over different active regions.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a memory cell, including:

a first MIS transistor, coupled between a first voltage and a first node, having a first conductivity type,

a second MIS transistor, coupled between the first node and a second voltage different from the first voltage, having a second conductivity type,

a third MIS transistor, coupled between the first voltage and a second node, having the first conductivity type,

a fourth MIS transistor, coupled between the second node and the second voltage, having the second conductivity type,

a fifth MIS transistor, coupled between the first node and a first bit line, having the second conductivity type, and

a sixth MIS transistor, coupled between the second node and a second bit line, having the second conductivity type;

a semiconductor substrate, including:

a monolithic first active region in which the second MIS transistor and the fifth MIS transistor are disposed,

a monolithic second active region in which the fourth MIS transistor and the sixth MIS transistor are disposed,

a third active region in which the first MIS transistor is disposed, and

a fourth active region in which the third MIS transistor is disposed, the first, second, third and fourth active regions being arranged side by side in a first direction and spaced from each other;

a first gate wiring extending in the first direction over the first and third active regions;

a second gate wiring extending in the first direction over the second and fourth active regions; and

a plurality of wiring layers, including:

a first wiring layer which is coupled to another wiring layer through a plug including a word line, and

a second wiring layer which is formed between the semiconductor substrate and the first wiring layer including the first voltage line.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wiring layers further includes:

an additional wiring layer, different from the first wiring layer, which includes the second voltage line.

3. A semiconductor chip comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 and a CPU.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-162953 · Jul 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14579898 · Dec 22, 2014
Continuation 13559461 · Jul 26, 2012
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