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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device including: first, second and third active regions a first gate structure over the first active region and a first part of the second active region; a second gate structure over the third active region and a second part of the second active region; a first cell region including the first gate structure, the first active region and the first part of the second active region; a second cell region including the second gate structure, the third active region and the second part of the second active region; a first border region representing an overlap of the first and second cell regions which is substantially aligned with an approximate midline of the second active region; the second gate structure overlapping the first border region; and there being a first gap which is between the first gate structure and the first border region.