Semiconductor Chip Including Integrated Circuit Defined Within Dynamic Array Section

Abstract

A semiconductor chip includes four linear-shaped conductive structures that each form a gate electrode of corresponding transistor of a first transistor type and a gate electrode of a corresponding transistor of a second transistor type. First and second ones of the four linear-shaped conductive structures are positioned to have their lengthwise-oriented centerlines separated by a gate electrode pitch. Third and fourth ones of the four linear-shaped conductive structures are also positioned to have their lengthwise-oriented centerlines separated by the gate electrode pitch. The first and third ones of the four linear-shaped conductive structures are positioned to have their lengthwise-oriented centerlines co-aligned and are separated by a first end-to-end spacing. The second and fourth ones of the four linear-shaped conductive structures are positioned to have their lengthwise-oriented centerlines co-aligned and are separated by a second end-to-end spacing substantially equal in size to the first end-to-end spacing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A semiconductor chip, comprising:
 a region including at least nine gate electrode tracks, the at least nine gate electrode tracks positioned such that a distance as measured perpendicular to the at least nine gate electrode tracks and between any two of the at least nine gate electrode tracks is substantially equal to an integer multiple of a gate electrode pitch,   each of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including one or more conductive segments,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a first conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a first transistor of a first transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a second conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a first transistor of a second transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a third conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a second transistor of the first transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a fourth conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a second transistor of the second transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a fifth conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a third transistor of the first transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a sixth conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a third transistor of the second transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including a seventh conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a fourth transistor of the first transistor type,   the conductive segments of the at least nine gate electrode tracks including an eighth conductive segment that forms a gate electrode of a fourth transistor of the second transistor type,   the first and third conductive segments separated by a center-to-center distance as measured perpendicular to the at least nine gate electrode tracks substantially equal to the gate electrode pitch,   the fourth and sixth conductive segments separated by a center-to-center distance as measured perpendicular to the at least nine gate electrode tracks substantially equal to the gate electrode pitch.