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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Xuan Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Wei Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Te-Hsin Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Hou-Yu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuan-Lun Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/092 (2006.01); H01L 21/8238 (2006.01); H01L 23/528 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0922 (2013.01); H01L 21/823892 (2013.01); H01L 23/5286 (2013.01); H01L 27/0207 (2013.01); H01L 27/092 (2013.01); H01L 27/0928 (2013.01); H01L 21/823871 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first plurality of active areas extending in a first direction and having a first pitch in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a second plurality of active areas extending in the first direction, offset from the first plurality of active areas in the first direction, and having a second pitch in the second direction. A ratio of the second pitch to the first pitch is 3:2.