Patent ID: 11935584
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A memory device comprising a driver for a sense amplifier, the driver comprising:
an active layer comprising:
two drain active areas extending in a first direction; and
a source active area extending in the first direction, the source active area positioned laterally between the two drain active areas;
an interconnection layer above the active layer, the interconnection layer comprising:
a drain interconnection including two first drain-interconnection portions extending in the first direction and a second drain-interconnection portion extending in a second direction between the two first drain-interconnection portions, each of the two first drain-interconnection portions positioned above and electrically coupled to a respective one of the two drain active areas through drain inter-layer contacts;
a source interconnection extending in the first direction above the source active area, the source interconnection electrically coupled to the source active area through a source inter-layer contact; and
another source interconnection, the drain interconnection positioned laterally between the source interconnection and the other source interconnection; and
a first metal layer above the interconnection layer, the first metal layer comprising:
a source element positioned above the source interconnection, the drain interconnection, and the other source interconnection, the source element electrically coupled to the source interconnection and the other source interconnection through source-interconnection inter-layer contacts.