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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 10/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10B 10/12 (2023.02);
Abstract
A device includes a first transistor including a first drain/source terminal and a second transistor including a first gate terminal. A first conductive path is electrically connected between the first drain/source terminal and the first gate terminal. The first conductive path includes a first conductive via electrically connected between the first drain/source terminal and a first track of a first conductive layer, and a second conductive via electrically connected between the first track of the first conductive layer and a first track of a second conductive layer.