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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first source and a first drain, a second transistor having a second gate, a second source and a second drain, an isolation region separating the first transistor from the second transistor, and a local interconnect connecting at least one of the first source and the first drain to at least the second source and the second drain. The local interconnect is in contact with a surface of the at least one of the first source and the first drain, a surface of the at least the second source and the second drain and a surface of a part of the isolation region.