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Granted Patent B2
US 12,396,257 · App. 18/344,794 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Integrated circuit including integrated standard cell structure

Inventors: Gi Young Yang (Seoul, KR); Hyeon Gyu You (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ga Room Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Young Lim (Seoul, KR); In Gyum Kim (Bucheon-si, KR); Hak Chul Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10D84/907G06F30/392G11C5/06G11C11/412H01L23/528H10D89/10
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Patent No.
US 12,396,257
App. No.
18/344,794
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit including a first active region and a second active region extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a power rail and a ground rail extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first and second active regions and each other in the second direction; source/drain contacts extending in the second direction on at least a portion of the first or second active region, gate structures extending in the second direction and on at least a portion of the first and second active regions, a power rail configured to supply power through source/drain contact vias, and a ground rail configured to supply a ground voltage through source/drain contact vias.

Claims (44)

1. An integrated circuit comprising:

a first inverter including a first p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and a first n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, which are gated through a first metal line to which a first input voltage is configured to be applied, and configured to output a first inverted voltage by inverting the first input voltage, wherein a drain of the first NMOS transistor and a drain of the first PMOS transistor are routed through a first source/drain contact, a first metal line extends in a first direction, and the first source/drain contact extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;

a first transmission gate including a second PMOS transistor gated through a second metal line to which a first active voltage is configured to be applied and a second NMOS transistor gated through a third metal line to which a second active voltage is configured to be applied, wherein a source of the second PMOS transistor and a drain of the second NMOS transistor are routed through the first source/drain contact, and a drain of the second PMOS transistor and a source of the second NMOS transistor are routed through a second source/drain contact; and

a first tri-state inverter including a third PMOS transistor gated through a fourth metal line to which the second active voltage is configured to be applied, a third NMOS transistor gated through a fifth metal line to which the first active voltage is configured to be applied, and a fourth PMOS transistor and a fourth NMOS transistor, which are gated through a sixth metal line to which a second input voltage is configured to be applied, and configured to invert the second input voltage, wherein a drain of the third PMOS transistor and a drain of the third NMOS transistor are routed through the second source/drain contact.

2. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first active region extending in the first direction and including the first to fourth PMOS transistors;

a second active region extending in the first direction and including the first to fourth NMOS transistors;

a power rail extending in the first direction and configured to supply a power voltage to the first PMOS transistor and the fourth PMOS transistor; and

a ground rail extending in the first direction and configured to supply a ground voltage to the first NMOS transistor and the fourth NMOS transistor,

wherein the first active region and the second active region are spaced apart from each other by a first distance in the second direction intersecting the first direction,

the first active region and the power rail are spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the second direction, and

the second active region and the ground rail are spaced apart from each other by a third distance in the second direction.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein the second distance is equal to the third distance.

4. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein a sum of the second distance and the third distance is greater than the first distance.

5. The integrated circuit of claim 2 , wherein a sum of the second distance and the third distance is less than the first distance.

6. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first gate contact configured to apply the first input voltage to the first metal line;

a second gate contact configured to apply the first active voltage to the second metal line;

a third gate contact configured to apply the second active voltage to the third metal line;

a fourth gate contact configured to apply the second active voltage to the fourth metal line;

a fifth gate contact configured to apply the first active voltage to the fifth metal line; and

a sixth gate contact configured to apply the second input voltage to the sixth metal line.

7. The integrated circuit of claim 6 , wherein heights of the second gate contact and the fourth gate contact in the second direction are equal to each other.

8. The integrated circuit of claim 6 , wherein heights of the second gate contact and the fourth gate contact in the second direction are different from each other.

9. The integrated circuit of claim 6 , wherein heights of the fourth gate contact and the sixth gate contact in the second direction are different from each other.

10. The integrated circuit of claim 6 , wherein heights of the fourth gate contact and the sixth gate contact in the second direction are equal to each other.

11. The integrated circuit of claim 6 , wherein heights of the first gate contact and the sixth gate contact in the second direction are different from each other.

12. The integrated circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first active region extending in the first direction and including the first to fourth PMOS transistors, wherein a first gate contact configured to apply the first input voltage to the first metal line, a second gate contact configured to apply the first active voltage to the second metal line, and a fourth gate contact configured to apply the second active voltage to the fourth metal line are on the first active region;

a second active region extending in the first direction and including the first to fourth NMOS transistors, wherein a third gate contact configured to apply the second active voltage to the third metal line, a fifth gate contact configured to apply the first active voltage to the fifth metal line, and a sixth gate contact configured to apply the second input voltage to the sixth metal line are on the second active region;

a power rail extending in the first direction and configured to supply a power voltage to the first PMOS transistor and the fourth PMOS transistor; and

a ground rail extending in the first direction and configured to supply a ground voltage to the first NMOS transistor and the fourth NMOS transistor,

wherein the first active region and the power rail are spaced apart from each other by a first distance in the second direction, and

the second active region and the ground rail are spaced apart from each other by a second distance in the second direction.

13. The integrated circuit of claim 12 , wherein

the power rail and the first gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a third distance in the second direction,

the power rail and the second gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a fourth distance in the second direction,

the power rail and the fourth gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a fifth distance in the second direction, and

the shortest distance among the third to fifth distances is greater than the first distance.

14. The integrated circuit of claim 12 , wherein

the power rail and the third gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a third distance in the second direction,

the power rail and the fifth gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a fourth distance in the second direction,

the power rail and the sixth gate contact are spaced apart from each other by a fifth distance in the second direction, and

the shortest distance among the third to fifth distances is greater than the second distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2023
From: YANG, GI YOUNG; YOU, HYEON GYU; KIM, GA ROOM; LIM, JIN YOUNG; KIM, IN GYUM; JUNG, HAK CHUL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0171535 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0069127 · Jun 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17029475 · Sep 23, 2020
Related Publication 20230343788A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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