Patent ID: 11894303
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising forming a fifth metal contact at a third edge of the layout between the third metal contact and the fourth metal contact spaced apart from the gate contact, the fifth metal contact providing a shared connection to:
a second source/drain region of the first field-effect transistor through a fifth via in the second vertical level and a third through-layer via in the first vertical level;
a second source/drain region of the second field-effect transistor through a sixth via in the second vertical level and a fourth through-layer via in the first vertical level;
a second source/drain region of the third field-effect transistor through the fifth via in the second vertical level; and
a second source/drain region of the fourth field-effect transistor through the sixth via in the second vertical level.