Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory element circuitry with minimum oxide definition width
- Patent Title (中): 具有最小氧化物定义宽度的存储元件电路
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Application No.: US14165103Application Date: 2014-01-27
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Publication No.: US09461161B1Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Jun Liu , Qi Xiang
- Applicant: Altera Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Jason Tsai; Vineet Dixit
- Main IPC: G11C11/00
- IPC: G11C11/00 ; H01L29/78

Abstract:
Integrated circuits with memory circuitry are provided. The memory circuitry may include memory cell transistors and associated pass transistors. The memory cell transistors and the pass transistors may be formed using multiple strips of oxide definition (OD) regions coupled in parallel. The multiple OD strips may have reduced widths. The ratio of the distance from adjacent OD strips to a given OD strip to the width of the given OD strip may be at least 0.5. Forming memory circuitry transistors using this multi-strip arrangement may provide increased levels of stress that improve transistor performance. Each OD strip may have a reduced width that still satisfies fabrication design rules. Forming OD regions having reduced width allows the pass transistors to be overdriven at higher voltage levels to further improve transistor performance.
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