Patent ID: 7471558

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: first and second field-effect transistors each including a gate electrode, one of source and drain regions, and the other of source and drain regions; a first active region defining diffusion layer; and first to third interconnection lines, wherein said gate electrodes of said first and second transistors intersect said first active region, said first active region has first to third regions, the first region between said gate electrodes acting as said one of source and drain regions of said transistors, the second region acting as said the other of source and drain regions of said first transistor, and the third region acting as said the other of source and drain regions of said second transistor, said first interconnection line is in contact with said second region and extends from said second region in a first direction so as to intersect said gate electrodes, said second interconnection line is in contact with said third region and extends from said third region in said first direction, and, said third interconnection line is in contact with said first region and extends from said first region in a second direction opposite to said first direction so as to intersect said gate electrode of said first transistor.