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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Socionext Inc., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotaka Takeno, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
SOCIONEXT INC., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/5286 (2013.01); H01L 27/0928 (2013.01); H01L 29/7827 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power switch cell using vertical nanowire (VNW) FETs includes a switch element configured to be capable of switching between electrical connection and disconnection between a global power interconnect and a local power interconnect. The switch element is constituted by at least one VNW FET. The top electrode of the VNW FET constituting the switch element is connected with the global power interconnect.