IP Library Granted Patent US 9,728,468
Granted Patent B2
US 9,728,468 · App. 14/981,174 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,728,468
App. No.
14/981,174
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first well in a first conductivity type which is formed at a first region and is electrically connected to a first power supply line, a second well in a second conductivity type being an opposite conductivity type of the first conductivity type which is formed at a second region and is electrically connected to a second power supply line, a third well in the second conductivity type which is integrally formed with the second well at a third region adjacent to the second region, a fourth well in the first conductivity type integrally formed with the first well at a fourth region adjacent to the first region, a fifth well in the first conductivity type which is formed at the third region to be shallower than the third well, and a sixth well in the second conductivity type which is formed at the fourth region to be shallower than the fourth well, are included.

Claims (32)

1. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, comprising:

forming a first well of a first conductivity type in a first region of a semiconductor substrate;

forming a second well of a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type in a second region of the semiconductor substrate;

forming a third well of the second conductivity type in a third region of the semiconductor substrate;

forming a fourth well of the first conductivity type in a fourth region of the semiconductor substrate;

forming a fifth well of the first conductivity type that is shallower than the third well in the third region;

forming a sixth well of the second conductivity type that is shallower than the fourth well at the fourth region;

forming a first gate electrode of a first transistor of a first complementary transistor pair on the first well;

forming a second gate electrode of a second transistor of the complementary transistor pair on the second well;

forming a third gate electrode of a third transistor of a second complementary transistor pair on the fifth well;

forming a fourth gate electrode of a fourth transistor of the second complementary transistor pair on the sixth well;

forming a first source/drain region of the second conductivity type in the first well and of the first transistor;

forming a second source/drain region of the first conductivity type in the second well and of the second transistor;

forming a third source/drain region of the second conductivity type in the fifth well and of the third transistor;

forming a fourth source/drain region of the first conductivity type in the sixth well and of the fourth transistor;

connecting the first well to a first power supply line, and connecting the third well to a second power supply line;

forming a first electric conductor electrically connecting the third gate electrode to the fifth well; and

forming a second electric conductor electrically connecting the fourth gate electrode to the sixth well,

wherein the semiconductor device includes a logic cell that includes the first complementary transistor pair and the second complementary transistor pair,

the first complementary transistor pair is electrically connected to an input terminal of the logic cell, and

the second complementary transistor pair is electrically connected to an output terminal of the logic cell.

2. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the third region is adjacent to the second region;

the fourth region is adjacent to the first region;

the third well is connected to the second well;

the fourth well is connected to the first well.

3. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the logic cell is a buffer circuit, an AND circuit, an OR circuit, or a flipflop circuit.

4. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first complementary transistor pair includes a first output node,

the first output node is electrically connected to the third gate electrode and the fourth gate electrode.

5. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first output node is electrically connected to the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 28, 2017
From: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 043364/0390 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2015
From: KATAKAMI, AKIRA
To: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037406/0511 →