Patent ID: 11948931
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of standard cells each including:
a first active region and a second active region;
an isolation region between the first active region and the second active region;
a plurality of first gate structures disposed on the first active region and the isolation region;
a plurality of second gate structures disposed on the second active region and the isolation region; and
a plurality of third gate structures disposed on a third active region and the isolation region, the third active region is adjacent the first active region and across the second active region,
wherein each first gate structure of the plurality of first gate structures includes:
a first gate portion disposed on the first active region; and
a first contact portion and a first end portion disposed on the isolation region, the first contact portion including a first contact point configured to be connected to a first contact,

wherein each third gate structure of the plurality of third gate structures includes:
a third gate portion disposed on the third active region; and
a third contact portion and a third end portion disposed on the isolation region, wherein the third gate portion is smaller than the first gate portion,

wherein a total area of the first contact portion and the first end portion of a first gate structure of the plurality of first gate structures is substantially equal to a total area of the third contact portion and the third end portion of each of the third gate structures of the plurality of third gate structures,
wherein each second gate structure of the plurality of second gate structures includes:
a second gate portion disposed on the second active region; and
a second contact portion and a second end portion disposed on the isolation region, the second contact portion including a second contact point configured to be connected to a second contact,

wherein a total area of the second contact portion and the second end portion of a second gate structure is substantially equal to a total area of the second contact portion and the second end portion of each of the remaining second gate structures of the plurality of second gate structures, and
wherein a distance of the first gate portion disposed on the first active region is different from a distance of the second gate portion disposed on the second active region.