Power gate switching system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10141336-B2
Application number	US-201715713779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2017
Priority date	Aug 26, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a virtual power line extended in a first direction; an n-well extended in the first direction, wherein the virtual power line and the n-well are disposed in a row; a first power gate switch cell disposed in the n-well; a second power gate switch cell disposed in the n-well, wherein the first and second power gate switch cells are first type cells; and a third power gate switch cell disposed in the n-well between the first and second power gate switch cells, wherein the third power gate switch cell is a second type cell different from the first type cells.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power gate switching system, comprising:
a first row including a first virtual power line, a first power gate cell and a second power gate cell, wherein the first power gate cell includes a first gate electrode disposed between first and second diffusion regions, and at least one tab, wherein the second power gate cell includes a second gate electrode disposed between third and fourth diffusion regions and does not include a tab; and
a second row including a second virtual power line, a third power gate cell and a fourth power gate cell, wherein the third power gate cell includes a third gate electrode disposed between fifth and sixth diffusion regions, and at least one tab, and the fourth power gate cell includes a fourth gate electrode disposed between seventh and eighth diffusion regions and does not include a tab, and
wherein the fourth power gate cell is connected to the second power gate cell.

2. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second rows are extended in a first direction and a gate control line of the second and fourth power gate cells are extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

3. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , wherein the first power gate cell includes a device isolation layer adjacent to the at least one tab, and the second power gate cell includes a device isolation layer adjacent to each of the third and fourth diffusion regions.

4. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third row including a third virtual power line, a fifth power gate cell and a sixth power gate cell, wherein the fifth power gate cell includes a fifth gate electrode disposed between ninth and tenth diffusion regions, and at least one tab, and the sixth power gate cell includes a sixth gate electrode disposed between eleventh and twelfth diffusion regions and does not include a tab, and
wherein the sixth power gate cell is connected to the fourth power gate cell.

5. The power gate switching system of claim 4 , wherein the first and fifth power gate cells are disposed in a first column, and the second, fourth and sixth power gate cells are disposed in a second column.

6. The power gate switching system of claim 5 , wherein the first to third rows are extended in a first direction and the first and second columns are extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

7. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , wherein a width of a channel of the first power gate cell in a row direction is greater than a width of a channel of the second power gate cell in the row direction.

8. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , wherein the size of the first power gate cell is greater than the size of the second power gate cell.

9. The power gate switching system of claim 4 , wherein a gate control signal line of the second, fourth and sixth power gate cells extends across the first, second and third virtual power lines.

10. The power gate switching system of claim 1 , wherein the first power gate cell includes a diffusion break adjacent to the at least one tab, and the second power gate cell includes a diffusion break adjacent to each of the third and fourth diffusion regions.

11. A power gate switching system, comprising:
a first row including a first power line, a first power gate cell and a second power gate cell, wherein the first power gate cell includes a first gate electrode disposed between first and second diffusion regions, and at least one tab, wherein the second power gate cell includes a second gate electrode disposed between third and fourth diffusion regions and does not include a tab; and
a second row including a second power line, a third power gate cell and a fourth power gate cell, wherein the third power gate cell includes a third gate electrode disposed between fifth and sixth diffusion regions, and at least one tab, and the fourth power gate cell includes a fourth gate electrode disposed between seventh and eighth diffusion regions and does not include a tab.

12. The power gate switching system of claim 11 , wherein the first and second power lines are virtual power lines.

13. The power gate switching system of claim 11 , wherein a standard cell is disposed between the first and second power gate cells in the first row.

14. The power gate switching system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one tab of the first power gate cell is an NMOS tab or a PMOS tab.

15. The power gate switching system of claim 11 , wherein the first power gate cell has first and second sides and includes a first PMOS tab and a first NMOS on the first side.

16. The power gate switching system of claim 15 , wherein the first power gate cell includes a second PMOS tab and a second NMOS tab on the second side.

17. The power gate switching system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one tab of the first power gate cell is disposed between the first diffusion region and the first gate electrode or the second diffusion region and the first gate electrode.

18. A power gate switching system, comprising:
a first row including a first power line, a first power gate cell, a second power gate cell and a first standard cell disposed between the first and second power gate cells, wherein the first power gate cell includes a first gate electrode disposed between first and second diffusion regions, and at least one tab, wherein the second power gate cell includes a second gate electrode disposed between third and fourth diffusion regions and does not include a tab;
a second row including a second power line, a third power gate cell, a fourth power gate cell and a second standard cell disposed between the third and fourth power gate cells, wherein the third power gate cell includes a third gate electrode disposed between fifth and sixth diffusion regions, and at least one tab, and the fourth power gate cell includes a fourth gate electrode disposed between seventh and eighth diffusion regions and does not include a tab; and
a third row including a third standard cell, a fourth standard cell and a fifth power gate cell disposed between the third and fourth standard cells, wherein the fifth power gate cell includes a fifth gate electrode disposed between ninth and tenth diffusion regions and does not include a tab.

19. The power gate switching system of claim 18 , wherein the first power gate cell is adjacent to the third power gate cell, the first standard cell is adjacent to the second standard cell and the second power gate cell is adjacent to the fourth power gate cell.

20. The power gate switching system of claim 18 , wherein the fifth power gate cell is adjacent to the fourth power gate cell.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hoijin

Classifications

• H10W20/427

  Power or ground buses · CPC title

• H01L27/11807 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L23/5286

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/0207

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2027/11831

  Electricity · mapped topic