Patent ID: 6781170
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A base transistor structure for use in an integrated circuit, the base transistor structure comprising:a plurality of source regions; a plurality of drain regions, each adjacent to a corresponding one of the source regions; and at least first and second elongated gates, the first and second gates each overlying a corresponding subset of the source and drain regions, the first and second gates each extending longitudinally toward each other along a first axis from a first end adjacent one of the source and drain regions to a second end, the first and second gates being separated from one another at the second ends thereof; the base transistor structure being substantially symmetric about the first axis; and the base transistor structure being configured such that multiple ones of the base transistor structures arranged immediately adjacent to one another are utilizable to form one or more circuit cells of the integrated circuit, wherein the first and second elongated gates are connectable at the second ends thereof by a conductor formed in a metallization layer of the integrated circuit.