Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yoonjeong Kim

Kwanyoung Chun

Byungju Kang

Panjae Park

An integrated circuit chip including a substrate including first and second element regions; a first channel active region extending in a first direction; a second channel active region; gate lines extending in a second direction and intersecting the first and second channel active regions; a diffusion break extending in the second direction; source/drain regions at opposite sides of the gate lines and on the first and second channel active regions; a first power line electrically connected to the source/drain regions; and a second power line electrically connected to the source/drain regions and having a lower voltage level than the first power line, wherein the diffusion break includes a first region including an insulator and overlapping the first element region, and a second region including a same material as the gate lines and overlapping the second element region, wherein the second region is electrically connected to the second power line.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yoonjeong Kim