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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1992
Ichiro Murai, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device applicable to/an SRAM and the like provided with a flip-flop having a pair of transistors and a pair of high resistance loads and a Vcc line connected to the pair of high resistance loads of the flip-flop and holding a power supply voltage is described. The high resistance loads and the Vcc line have a common semiconductor layer which has an concentration of impurities at a portion forming the Vcc line higher than an concentration of impurities of a portion forming the high resistance loads. Furthermore, by forming a conductive layer such as tungsten on the portion of the semiconductor layer where the impurity concentration is high, the Vcc line is formed by the conductive layer or a cooperation of the conductive layer and the semiconductor layer disposed under the conductive layer. By means of such a structure, the Vcc line is surely made low in resistance, and the data access speed is made faster.