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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Wai-Kin Li, Beacon, NY (US);
Chieh-Yu Lin, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Yannick Daurelle, Crolles, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of gates formed upon a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of outer active areas (e.g. CMOS/PMOS areas, source/drain regions, etc.) and one or more inner active areas. An isolator is formed upon one or more inner gates associated with the one or more inner active areas. A contact bar electrically connects the outer active areas and/or outer gates and is formed upon the isolator. The isolator electrically insulates the contact bar from the one or more inner active areas and/or the one or more inner gates.