Patent ID: 11948620
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of first and second diffusion regions having a first conductivity type and a plurality of channel regions having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, the plurality of first diffusion regions and the plurality of second diffusion regions being alternately arranged in a first direction with the plurality of channel regions interposed therebetween; and
a plurality of gate electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction, each of the plurality of gate electrodes covering an associated one of the plurality of channel regions,
wherein the plurality of first diffusion regions are coupled in common to a first power supply line,
wherein the plurality of second diffusion regions are coupled in common to a second power supply line,
wherein the plurality of gate electrodes are grouped into first, second, and third gate groups,
wherein the second gate group are arranged between the first and third gate groups in the first direction,
wherein a plurality of gate electrodes included in the first and third gate groups are supplied with a first control signal in common, and
wherein a plurality of gate electrodes included in the second gate group are supplied with a second control signal different from the first control signal in common.