Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Andy Yang

Yao-Jen Yang

Hsiang-Wei Liu

An integrated circuit (IC) device includes transistor and programmable structure regions. The transistor region includes a source structure configured to receive a reference voltage, a first portion of a drain structure, and a gate electrode positioned between the source structure and the first portion of the drain structure, and configured to receive an activation signal. The programmable structure region includes a second portion of the drain structure, a first signal line configured to receive an operational voltage, a second signal line, a gate via underlying and electrically connected to the first signal line, and a drain via positioned between and electrically connected to the second portion of the drain structure and the second signal line. Portions of the first signal line including a gate via location and the second signal line including a drain via location are positioned in parallel in a same metal layer of the IC device.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Andy Yang