Patent ID: 7960833

Claim:
An integrated circuit, comprising: N plane-like metal layers, where N is an integer greater than one; a first plane-like metal layer that includes M contact portions in communication with the N plane-like metal layers, respectively, where M is an integer greater than one, and wherein the first plane-like metal layer and the N plane-like metal layers are located in separate planes; a first source; a first drain; a second source, wherein at least two of first source, the first drain and the second source are in communication with at least two of the N plane-like metal layers; a first gate arranged between the first source and the first drain; and a second gate arranged between the first drain and the second source, wherein the first and second gates define alternating first and second regions in the first drain, and wherein the first and second gates are arranged farther apart in the first regions than in the second regions, and wherein at least one of the M contact portions has an elliptical shape.