Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes first and second gate structures extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a third gate structure extending in the first direction and provided between the first and second gate structures, a first contact connected to the first gate structure and having a first width in the second direction, a second contact connected to the second gate structure and having a second width in the second direction, and a third contact connected to the third gate structure and having a third width in the second direction. The first, second, and third contacts may be aligned with each other in the second direction to constitute one row. The first and second widths may be greater than the third width.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) may include at least one cell including a plurality of conductive lines that extend in a first direction and are in parallel to each other in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, first contacts respectively disposed at two sides of at least one conductive line from among the plurality of conductive lines, and a second contact disposed on the at least one conductive line and the first contacts and forming a single node by being electrically connected to the at least one conductive line and the first contacts.
Abstract:
Systems on chips are provided. A system on chip (SoC) includes a first gate line, a second gate line and a third gate line extending in a first direction, a gate isolation region cutting the first gate line, the second gate line and the third gate line and extending in a second direction across the first direction, a first gate contact formed on the second gate line arranged between the first gate line and the third gate line, and electrically connecting the cut second gate line, a second gate contact formed on the first gate line, a third gate contact formed on the third gate line, a first metal line electrically connecting the second gate contact and the third gate contact, and a second metal line electrically connected to the first gate contact.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and a layout verification method of a semiconductor device are provided. The layout verification method includes forming a plurality of standard cells each having a first type of a cross coupled structure (XC) and a second type of the XC on a substrate of the semiconductor device, forming a plurality of first inverters in which the first type of the XC is activated in the a plurality of the standard cells and a plurality of second inverters in which the second type of the XC is activated in the a plurality of the standard cells and estimating an electrical characteristic of the first type of the XC or the second type of the XC by measuring a magnitude of a signal delay of the plurality of the first inverters or the plurality of the second inverters.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first active region and a second active region, the first active region having a conductivity type that is different than a conductivity type of the second active region, and the first active region being spaced apart from the second active region in a first direction, gate electrodes extending in the first direction, the gate electrodes intersecting the first active region and the second active region, a first shallow isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the first active region, the first shallow isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and a deep isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the second active region, the deep isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and the deep isolation pattern dividing the second active region into a first region and a second region.
Abstract:
A method is provided. The method includes forming a first to third gate lines on a substrate, the second gate line formed between the first and third gate lines; forming a gate isolation region to cut the first to third gate lines into two first sub gate lines, two second sub gate lines and two third sub gate lines, respectively; forming a first gate contact on one of the two first sub gate lines; forming a second gate contact on the two second sub gate lines; forming a third gate contact on one of the two third sub gate lines; forming a first metal line to connect the first and third gate contacts; and forming a second metal line. The first to third gate lines extend in a first direction, and the gate isolation region extends in a second direction different from the first direction.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first active region and a second active region, the first active region having a conductivity type that is different than a conductivity type of the second active region, and the first active region being spaced apart from the second active region in a first direction, gate electrodes extending in the first direction, the gate electrodes intersecting the first active region and the second active region, a first shallow isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the first active region, the first shallow isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and a deep isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the second active region, the deep isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and the deep isolation pattern dividing the second active region into a first region and a second region.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an insulating layer on the gate electrode, first and second lower vias in the insulating layer, first and second lower metal lines provided on the insulating layer and respectively connected to the first and second lower vias, and first and second upper metal lines provided on and respectively connected to the first and second lower metal lines. When viewed in a plan view, the first lower via is overlapped with the second upper metal line, and the second lower via is overlapped with the first upper metal line.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first active region and a second active region, the first active region having a conductivity type that is different than a conductivity type of the second active region, and the first active region being spaced apart from the second active region in a first direction, gate electrodes extending in the first direction, the gate electrodes intersecting the first active region and the second active region, a first shallow isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the first active region, the first shallow isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and a deep isolation pattern disposed in an upper portion of the second active region, the deep isolation pattern extending in the first direction, and the deep isolation pattern dividing the second active region into a first region and a second region.
Abstract:
A system on chip includes first to third nanowires extending in a second direction, first to third gate lines respectively surrounding the first to third nanowires, each of the first to third gate lines extending in a first direction across the second direction, a gate isolation region cutting the first to third gate lines and extending in the second direction, a first gate contact formed on the second gate line arranged between the first gate line and the third gate line, and electrically connecting the cut second gate line, a second gate contact formed on the first gate line, a third gate contact formed on the third gate line, a first metal line electrically connecting the second gate contact and the third gate contact; and a second metal line electrically connected to the first gate contact.