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  • Patent number: 6586807
    Abstract: A gate electrode of each MISFET is formed on a substrate in an active region whose periphery is defined by an element isolation trench, and crosses the active region so as to extend from one end thereof to the other end thereof. The gate electrode has a gate length in a boundary region defined between the active region and the element isolation trench which is greater than a gate length in a central portion of the active region. The gate electrode is configured in an H-type flat pattern. Further, the gate electrode covers the whole of one side extending along a gate-length direction, of the boundary region defined between the active region L and the element isolation trench, and parts of two sides thereof extending along a gate-width direction. The MISFETs are formed in electrically separated wells and are connected in series to constitute part of a reference voltage generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nishida, Noriyuki Yabuoshi, Yasuko Yoshida, Kazuhiro Komori, Sousuke Tsuji, Hideo Miwa, Mitsuhiro Higuchi, Koichi Imato