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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11876088 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2021

Shared well structure, layout, and method

Applicants:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Tsmc China Company, Limited, Shanghai, CN;

Tsmc Nanjing Company, Limited, Jiangsu, CN;

Inventors:

Yang Zhou, Hsinchu, TW;

Liu Han, Hsinchu, TW;

Qingchao Meng, Hsinchu, TW;

XinYong Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

ZeJian Cai, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignees:

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;

TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, Nanjiang, CN;

TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thao P Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2023.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 21/265 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 25/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); H01L 21/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); H01L 21/26513 (2013.01); H01L 21/74 (2013.01); H01L 21/76898 (2013.01); H01L 21/823892 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 25/0657 (2013.01); H01L 25/50 (2013.01); H01L 27/0928 (2013.01); H01L 2225/06513 (2013.01); H01L 2225/06541 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a continuous well including first through third well portions. The continuous well is one of an n-well or a p-well, the first well portion extends in a first direction, the second well portion extends from the first well portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the third well portion extends from the first well portion in the second direction parallel to the second well portion.

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