Patent ID: 8134185
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a substrate region; a gate electrode level region formed above the substrate region, the gate electrode level region including a number of conductive structures, wherein each conductive structure within the gate electrode level region is linear-shaped and formed to extend lengthwise in a first direction and has a lengthwise centerline that extends in the first direction, wherein each conductive structure within the gate electrode level region is positioned according to an equal pitch as measured in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, such that a distance as measured in the second direction between lengthwise centerlines of different ones of the conductive structures within the gate electrode level region is an integer multiple of the equal pitch, wherein each conductive structure within the gate electrode level region is positioned next to and spaced apart from an adjacent conductive structure in accordance with the equal pitch, wherein the number of conductive structures in the gate electrode level region includes seven conductive structures positioned in a side-by-side and spaced apart manner such that a lengthwise centerline-to-lengthwise centerline distance between adjacent ones of the seven conductive structures as measured in the second direction is substantially equal to the equal pitch, wherein the gate electrode level region extends outward from an outermost periphery of the seven conductive structures by a distance of about 965 nanometers as measured parallel to the substrate region, and wherein the gate electrode level region is a portion of a gate electrode level of the integrated circuit, wherein at least one of the seven conductive structures forms both a gate electrode of a transistor of a first transistor type and a gate electrode of a transistor of a second transistor type, and wherein each of at least three of the seven conductive structures has an end aligned to a common position in the first direction.