Patent ID: 11908855
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 12:
13. The semiconductor device of claim 1,
wherein the circuit area further includes:
a circuit contact plug on the circuit source/drain regions, such that the circuit contact plug is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit source/drain regions;
a circuit via on the circuit contact plug, such that the circuit via is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit contact plug; and
a circuit wiring electrically connected to the circuit via,

wherein the first external dummy area further includes dummy source/drain regions adjacent to the dummy active layers,
wherein the first external dummy area further includes one of
a dummy contact plug and not a dummy via, such that the dummy contact plug is electrically connected to the dummy source/drain regions, or
a dummy via and not a dummy contact plug, such that the dummy via is electrically insulated from the dummy source/drain regions.