Patent ID: 11862621
Assignee: TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. The IC device of claim 11, wherein
the plurality of gate electrodes comprises first through third gate electrodes extending along the second axis and over the second active region, wherein
the first gate electrode is over the first portion of the first active region,
the second gate electrode is over the second portion of the first active region, and
the third gate electrode is over the spacing between the first and second portions of the first active region,

wherein
the delay circuit comprises
first and second transistors of the first type among the plurality of transistors of the first type, and
third through fifth transistors of the second type among the plurality of transistors of the second type,

the first gate electrode and the first portion of the first active region are configured as the first transistor,
the second gate electrode and the second portion of the first active region are configured as the second transistor, and
the first through third gate electrodes and the second active region are correspondingly configured as the third through fifth transistors.