Patent ID: 9059018
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device layout comprising: a first transistor formed in a first region; a second transistor formed in a second region; a third transistor formed in a third region; a fourth transistor formed in a fourth region; a first active region pattern formed in the first region, the first active region pattern including an active region of the first transistor and at least part of first surrounding diffusion regions; a second active region pattern formed in the second region, the second active region pattern including an active region of the second transistor and at least part of second surrounding diffusion regions; a third active region pattern formed in the third region, the third active region pattern including an active region of the third transistor and at least part of third surrounding diffusion regions; and a fourth active region pattern formed in the fourth region, the fourth active region pattern including an active region of the fourth transistor and at least part of fourth surrounding diffusion regions, wherein: the first transistor and the second transistor have a same channel length and a same channel width, the first transistor and the second transistor being paired transistors, of which sources or drains are connected to a common node, the third transistor and the fourth transistor have a same channel length and a same channel width, the third transistor and the fourth transistor being paired transistors, of which sources or drains are connected to a common node, shapes and sizes of the active region of the first transistor and the at least part of the first surrounding diffusion regions in the first active region pattern are the same as shapes and sizes of the active region of the second transistor and the at least part of the second surrounding diffusion regions in the second active region pattern, shapes and sizes of the active region of the third transistor and the at least part of the third surrounding diffusion regions in the third active region pattern are the same as shapes and sizes of the active region of the fourth transistor and the at least part of the fourth surrounding diffusion regions in the fourth active region pattern, a width of the active regions of the third and fourth transistors in a channel width direction is larger than a width of the active regions of the first and second transistors in the channel width direction, and a length of the third and fourth regions in the channel width direction is shorter than a length of the first and the second regions in the channel width direction.