Patent 7700999 was granted and assigned to Infineon Technologies on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An integrated circuit device has a base area defining a longitudinal axis. Four in-line transistors, which are NMOS transistors in exemplary embodiments, are each centered on the longitudinal axis. Two off-set transistors, which are PMOS transistors in exemplary embodiments, are off-set to first and second sides of the longitudinal axis, respectively.