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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Christian Haufe, Dresden, DE;
Ingolf Lorenz, Ottendorf-Okrilla, DE;
Michael Zier, Dresden, DE;
Ulrich Gerhard Hensel, Radeberg, DE;
Navneet Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An integrated circuit is provided including a semiconductor bulk substrate, a buried oxide layer formed on the semiconductor bulk substrate, a plurality of cells, each cell having a transistor device, formed over the buried oxide layer, a plurality of gate electrode lines running through the cells and providing gate electrodes for the transistor devices of the cells, and a plurality of tap cells configured for electrically contacting the semiconductor bulk substrate and arranged at positions different from positions below or above the plurality of cells having the transistor devices.