Patent ID: 8058671
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate having a portion of the substrate formed to include a plurality of diffusion regions, wherein the plurality of diffusion regions are separated from each other by one or more non-active regions of the portion of the substrate; and a gate electrode level region formed over the portion of the substrate, the gate electrode level region including at least three linear conductive segments defined to extend lengthwise in a first direction so as to extend parallel to each other, wherein each of the at least three linear conductive segments is defined to have a substantially equal length as measured in the first direction, and wherein the at least three linear conductive segments are positioned in a side-by-side manner according to a substantially equal centerline-to-centerline spacing as measured in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein at least one of the at least three linear conductive segments 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.