Ultra dense vertical transport FET circuits

    公开(公告)号:GB2562442A

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-14

    申请号:GB201814442

    申请日:2017-01-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Logic circuits, or logic gates, are disclosed comprising vertical transport field effect transistors and one or more active gates, wherein the number of C pp's for the logic circuit, in isolation, is equal to the number of active gates. The components of the logic circuit can be present in at least three different vertical circuit levels, including a circuit level comprising at least one horizontal plane passing through a conductive element that provides an input voltage to the one or more gate structures (7) and another conductive element that provides an output voltage of the logic circuit, and another circuit level that comprises a horizontal plane passing through a conductive bridge from the N output to P output of the field effect transistors. Such logic circuits can include single-gate inverters, two-gate inverters, NOR2 logic gates, and NAND3 logic gates, among other more complicated logic circuits.

    Vertical transistors with merged active area regions

    公开(公告)号:GB2571652A

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-04

    申请号:GB201907151

    申请日:2017-10-25

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A method for device layout (10) with vertical transistors includes identifying active area regions (18, 28) in a layout (10) of a semiconductor device with vertical transistors. Sets of adjacent active area regions (18, 28) having a same electrical potential are determined. The sets of adjacent active area regions (18, 28) to be merged are prioritized based upon one or more performance criterion. The sets of adjacent active area regions (18, 28) are merged to form larger active area regions according to a priority.

    Ultra dense vertical transport FET circuits

    公开(公告)号:GB2562442B

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-01

    申请号:GB201814442

    申请日:2017-01-23

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: Logic circuits, or logic gates, are disclosed comprising vertical transport field effect transistors and one or more active gates, wherein the number of CPP's for the logic circuit, in isolation, is equal to the number of active gates. The components of the logic circuit can be present in at least three different vertical circuit levels, including a circuit level comprising at least one horizontal plane passing through a conductive element that provides an input voltage to the one or more gate structures and another conductive element that provides an output voltage of the logic circuit, and another circuit level that comprises a horizontal plane passing through a conductive bridge from the N output to P output of the field effect transistors. Such logic circuits can include single-gate inverters, two-gate inverters, NOR2 logic gates, and NAND3 logic gates, among other more complicated logic circuits.

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