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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Rwik Sengupta, Grenoble, FR;
Rohit Kumar Gupta, Punjab, IN;
Mitesh Goyal, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Olivier Menut, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Rwik Sengupta, Grenoble, FR;
Rohit Kumar Gupta, Punjab, IN;
Mitesh Goyal, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Olivier Menut, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) cell may include first and second semiconductor regions, and parallel electrically conductive lines extending above the first and second semiconductor regions. The IC cell may further include electrically conductive line contacts electrically connected to the parallel electrically conductive lines, and may include at least one first line contact between the first semiconductor region and a corresponding end of the IC cell, and at least one second line contact between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. Adjacent ones of the electrically conductive lines may be respectively coupled to one of the at least one first line contact and to one of the at least one second line contact.