Patent ID: 8089103

Claim:
An integrated circuit, comprising: a gate electrode level region including at least three linear-shaped conductive segments formed to extend lengthwise in a first direction, the at least three linear-shaped conductive segments including: a first linear-shaped conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a first transistor of a first transistor type and a gate electrode of a first transistor of a second transistor type, a second linear-shaped conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a second transistor of the first transistor type, and a third linear-shaped conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a third transistor of the first transistor type, wherein at least one end of the second linear-shaped conductive segment is offset in the first direction relative to any end of the first and third linear-shaped conductive segments, and wherein at least one end of the third linear-shaped conductive segment is offset in the first direction relative to any end of the first and second linear-shaped conductive segments.