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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Harry Chuang, Austin, TX (US);
Kong-beng Thei, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jen-bin Hsu, Taoyuan, TW;
Chung Long Cheng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Mong Song Liang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Harry Chuang, Austin, TX (US);
Kong-Beng Thei, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Jen-Bin Hsu, Taoyuan, TW;
Chung Long Cheng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Mong Song Liang, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor structure includes an array of unit metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns is provided. Each of the unit MOS devices includes an active region laid out in a row direction and a gate electrode laid out in a column direction. The semiconductor structure further includes a first unit MOS device in the array and a second unit MOS device in the array, wherein active regions of the first and the second unit MOS devices have different conductivity types.