IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,868,192
Granted Patent B2
US 10,868,192 · App. 16/262,309 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

Semiconductor chip

Inventor: Hiroyuki Shimbo (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
H01L29/78696H01L21/8238H01L27/088H01L27/092H01L27/11807H01L29/06H01L29/0673H01L29/41733H01L29/42392H01L29/775H01L21/823412H01L21/823475H01L27/0207H01L27/1203H01L2027/11874
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Patent No.
US 10,868,192
App. No.
16/262,309
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor chip including a nanowire field effect transistor (FET) and having a layout configuration effective for making manufacturing the chip easy. A semiconductor chip includes a first block including a standard cell having a nanowire FET and a second block including a nanowire FET. In the first and second blocks, nanowires extending in an X direction have an arrangement pitch in a Y direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P 1 . Pads have an arrangement pitch in the X direction of an integer multiple of a pitch P 2.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor chip, comprising:

a first block including a standard cell having a nanowire field effect transistor (FET); and

a second block including a nanowire FET,

wherein the nanowire FETs included in the first and second blocks each include:

a nanowire extending in a first direction, the nanowire being a single nanowire or including a plurality of parallelly arranged nanowires;

a pair of pads that are arranged at both ends of the nanowire in the first direction, each have a lower surface below a lower surface of the nanowire, and are each connected to the nanowire; and

a gate electrode that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and surrounds a periphery of the nanowire within a predetermined range of the nanowire in the first direction,

in the first and second blocks,

the nanowires have an arrangement pitch in the second direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined first pitch, and

the pads have an arrangement pitch in the first direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined second pitch.

2. The semiconductor chip of claim 1 , wherein

in at least one of the nanowire FETs included in the first and second blocks, the nanowires are arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and

in the first and second blocks, the nanowires have an arrangement pitch in the third direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined nanowire stack pitch.

3. The semiconductor chip of claim 1 , wherein

in the first and second blocks, a gate line constituting the gate electrode and a dummy gate line have an arrangement pitch in the first direction of an integer multiple of the second pitch.

4. The semiconductor chip of claim 1 , wherein

the standard cell has a size in the second direction of an integer multiple of the first pitch.

5. A semiconductor chip, comprising:

a first block including a standard cell having a nanowire field effect transistor (FET); and

a second block including a nanowire FET,

wherein the nanowire FETs included in the first and second blocks each include:

a nanowire extending in a first direction, the nanowire being a single nanowire or including a plurality of parallelly arranged nanowires;

a pair of pads that are respectively arranged at both ends of the nanowire in the first direction, each have a lower surface below a lower surface of the nanowire, and are each connected to the nanowire; and

a gate electrode that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and surrounds a periphery of the nanowire within a predetermined range of the nanowire in the first direction,

in at least one of the nanowire FETs included in the first and second blocks, the nanowires are arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction,

in the first and second blocks, the nanowires have an arrangement pitch in the second direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined first pitch and have an arrangement pitch in the third direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined nanowire stack pitch, and

in the first and second blocks, a gate line constituting the gate electrode and a dummy gate line have an arrangement pitch in the first direction of an integer multiple of the second pitch.

6. The semiconductor chip of claim 5 , wherein

in the first and second blocks, the pads have an arrangement pitch in the first direction of an integer multiple of a predetermined second pitch.

7. The semiconductor chip of claim 5 , wherein

the standard cell has a size in the second direction of an integer multiple of the first pitch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2019
From: SHIMBO, HIROYUKI
To: SOCIONEXT INC.
Reel/Frame 048192/0152 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-150960 · Aug 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017025300 · Jul 11, 2017
Related Publication 20190165186A1 · May 30, 2019