Sea-of-cells array of transistors

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1995-10-16

1999-02-09

Fahmy, Wael

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Combined with electrical contact or lead

Of specified material other than unalloyed aluminum

257756, 257206, 257909, H01L 2348, H01L 2352, H01L 2710

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active

058699007

ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns integrated circuits in which a MACRO is embedded in a standard cell array. One level of metal is devoted exclusively to non-local interconnect, and a layer of polysilicon is devoted to local interconnect, thereby saving significant space.

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