IP Library Granted Patent US 8,207,581
Granted Patent B2
US 8,207,581 · App. 12/924,262 · Granted Jun 26, 2012

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 8,207,581
App. No.
12/924,262
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a semiconductor device in which the first trench isolation regions is placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of an ESD protection NMOS transistor and source and drain regions of the ESD protection NMOS transistor, and has a depth greater than a depth of the second trench isolation region that is placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of an NMOS transistor for internal circuit and source and drain regions of the NMOS transistor for internal circuit.

Claims (7)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

an NMOS transistor in an internal circuit region;

an ESD protection NMOS transistor provided between the internal circuit region and an external connection terminal in order to protect the NMOS transistor against breakdown from ESD;

a first trench isolation region placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of the ESD protection NMOS transistor and source and drain regions of the ESD protection NMOS transistor; and

a second trench isolation region placed between a substrate potential-fixing P-type diffusion region of the NMOS transistor and source and drain regions of the NMOS transistor, a depth of the first trench region being deeper than that of the second trench isolation region.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ESD protection NMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor have a DDD structure.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ESD protection NMOS transistor and the NMOS transistor have an offset drain structure.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: ABLIC INC.
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 064021/0575 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 12, 2018
From: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: ABLIC INC.
Reel/Frame 045567/0927 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2016
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SII SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038058/0892 →