Patent ID: 9659871
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01L,H03K

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate including a plurality of logic cells, wherein each of the plurality of logic cells comprises a plurality of active portions provided on the substrate to extend along a first direction and be spaced apart from each other along a second direction crossing the first direction, and gate structures extending along the second direction spaced apart from each other along the first direction; source/drain regions on the plurality of active portions at opposite sides of each of the gate structures; contact plugs located at a first vertical level of the semiconductor device, wherein the contact plugs comprise first contact plugs connected to the source/drain regions and second contact plugs connected to the gate structures, at least one of the first contact plugs extending along the second direction and electrically connecting adjacent ones of the source/drain regions with each other, the adjacent ones of the source/drain regions spaced apart from each other in the second direction; first via plugs in contact with top surfaces of the contact plugs, the first via plugs located at a second vertical level of the semiconductor device further from the substrate than the first vertical level; and first wires in contact with top surfaces of the first via plugs, the first wires located at a third vertical level of the semiconductor device further from the substrate than the second vertical level, wherein at least one of the first wires are connected in common to the plurality of logic cells through the contact plugs, wherein all of the first wires consist of a straight line shape extending parallel to a specific direction, and wherein each of the plurality of logic cells comprises a PMOSFET region and an NMOSFET region, and in at least one of the logic cells, an adjacent pair of the second contact plugs are spaced apart from each other with the PMOSFET region and/or the NMOSFET region interposed therebetween.