Patent ID: 8085081

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: an output terminal; a plurality of series circuits for producing an output signal at the output terminal, each series circuit including a high-side field-effect transistor and a low-side field-effect transistor with respective first main terminals interconnected at a node connected to the output terminal, the high-side field-effect transistor having a second main terminal for receiving a power supply voltage, the low-side field-effect transistor having a second main terminal for receiving a ground voltage, the high-side and low-side field-effect transistors having respective control terminals by which they are turned on and off; a driver circuit for outputting a first driving signal to turn the high-side field-effect transistors on and off and a second driving signal to turn the low-side field-effect transistors on and off; a first salicided signal line for conducting the first driving signal successively to the control terminals of the high-side field-effect transistors, the first salicided signal line having a first salicide block area disposed between the control terminals of each mutually adjacent pair of high-side field-effect transistors; and a second salicided signal line for conducting the second driving signal successively to the control terminals of the low-side field-effect transistors, the second salicided signal line having a second salicide block area disposed between each mutually adjacent pair of low-side field-effect transistors.