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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Mi-chang Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Liang-kai Han, Hsinchu, TW;
Huan-tsung Huang, Puli Township, Nantou County, TW;
Wen-jya Liang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Li-chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Mi-Chang Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Liang-Kai Han, Hsinchu, TW;
Huan-Tsung Huang, Puli Township, Nantou County, TW;
Wen-Jya Liang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Li-Chun Tien, Tainan, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A layout for a transistor in a standard cell is disclosed. The layout for a transistor includes an active region with at least one portion having a first edge and at least one portion having a second edge all perpendicular to a channel of the transistor; and a gate placed on top of the active region with a distance from an edge of the gate to the first edge being shorter than a distance from the edge of the gate to the second edge of the active region, wherein the active region is of a non-rectangular shape.