Patent ID: 7391088

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a semiconductor die having a substantially rectangular shape with an aspect ratio within a range of 0.5 to 2.0; a control circuit occupying a first area of the semiconductor die, the control circuit having first and second sides, the first side being orthogonal to the second side; a first output transistor occupying a second area of the semiconductor die, the first output transistor having a first length that extends in a direction parallel to the first side; a second output transistor occupying a third area of the semiconductor die, the second output transistor having a second length that extends in a direction perpendicular to the second side, the second length being substantially equal to a difference between the first length and the length of the first side, the first length being at least 20% longer than a length of the first side of the control circuit; and wherein the first and second output transistors each comprise field-effect transistors, each having source, drain, and gate terminals, the gate terminal of the first output transistor is coupled to the gate terminal of the second output transistor and to the control circuit.