IP Library Granted Patent US 9,704,873
Granted Patent B2
US 9,704,873 · App. 15/165,651 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

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

Inventors: Masao Morimoto (Tokyo, JP); Noriaki Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhisa Shimazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
H01L27/1116G06F17/5072G11C11/412H01L23/528H01L27/0207H01L27/0928H01L27/1104
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Patent No.
US 9,704,873
App. No.
15/165,651
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
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 (35)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a memory cell, including:

a first conductivity type first transistor coupled between a first voltage and a first node;

a second conductivity type first transistor coupled between the first node and a second voltage;

a second conductivity type second transistor coupled between the first node and the second voltage in parallel with the second conductivity type first transistor;

a first conductivity type second transistor coupled between the first voltage and a second node;

a second conductivity type third transistor coupled between the second node and the second voltage;

a second conductivity type fourth transistor coupled between the second node and the second voltage in parallel with the second conductivity type third transistor;

a second conductivity type fifth transistor coupled between the first node and a first bit line; and

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

wherein the second conductivity type first transistor, the second conductivity type fourth transistor and the second conductivity type fifth transistor are disposed in a first active region,

wherein the first conductivity type first transistor and the first conductivity type second transistor are disposed in a second active region,

wherein the second conductivity type second transistor, the second conductivity type third transistor, and the second conductivity type sixth transistor are disposed in a third active region,

wherein the first active region is formed on a first P-well,

wherein the third active region is formed on a second P-well, and

wherein the second active region is formed on a first N-well which is disposed between the first P-well and the second P-well,

wherein a first gate wiring extends in a first direction over the first, second, and third active regions,

wherein a second gate wiring extends in the first direction over the first, second, and third active regions,

wherein a third gate wiring extends in the first direction over both the first active region and the N-well, and

wherein a fourth gate wiring extends in the first direction over both the third active region and the N-well.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a source region of the first conductivity type first transistor is shared by the first conductivity type second transistor as a source region of the first conductivity type second transistor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , the memory cell further including:

a first plug coupled to a drain region of the first conductivity type first transistor;

a second plug coupled to a drain region of the first conductivity type second transistor; and

a third plug coupled to the source region of the first conductivity type first transistor,

wherein the third plug disposed between the first plug and the second plug.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , the memory cell further including:

a second conductivity type seventh transistor coupled between the first node and a third bit line; and

a second conductivity type eighth transistor coupled between the second node and a fourth bit line,

wherein the second conductivity type seventh transistor is disposed in the third active region,

wherein the second conductivity type eighth transistor is disposed in the first active region,

wherein a fifth gate wiring extends in the first direction over the third active region, and

wherein a sixth gate wiring extends in the first direction over the first active region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third active regions is rectangular with longer side in a second direction.

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 (4)
Continuation 14921038 · Oct 23, 2015
Continuation 14579898 · Dec 22, 2014
Continuation 13559461 · Jul 26, 2012
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