Patent ID: 9081931
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a first transistor of a first transistor type formed in part by a first linear-shaped gate electrode and by a shared diffusion region of a first diffusion type; a second transistor of the first transistor type formed in part by a second linear-shaped gate electrode and by the shared diffusion region of the first diffusion type; a first transistor of a second transistor type formed in part by a third linear-shaped gate electrode and by a shared diffusion region of a second diffusion type; and a second transistor of the second transistor type formed in part by a fourth linear-shaped gate electrode and by the shared diffusion region of the second diffusion type, each of the first, second, third, and fourth linear-shaped gate electrodes extending lengthwise in a parallel direction, each of the first and third linear-shaped gate electrodes having a respective lengthwise centerline aligned to a common gate electrode track, the second and fourth linear-shaped gate electrodes positioned on opposite sides of the common gate electrode track, the first and third linear-shaped gate electrodes formed as respective parts of a first conductive gate level feature such that the first conductive gate level feature electrically connects the first and third linear-shaped gate electrodes to each other, the second linear-shaped gate electrode formed as a part of a second conductive gate level feature, the fourth linear-shaped gate electrode formed as part of a third conductive gate level feature, the second and fourth linear-shaped gate electrodes electrically connected to each other through a first electrical connection that includes one or more conductive interconnect structures in addition to the second and third conductive gate level features, wherein each conductive interconnect structure that forms part of the first electrical connection is linear-shaped, and the shared diffusion region of the first diffusion type electrically connected to the shared diffusion region of the second diffusion type through a second electrical connection.