High voltage device with low Rdson

1. A high voltage device comprising:

a substrate having a device region, wherein the device region comprises a source region and a drain region defined thereon;

a transistor having a transistor gate disposed on the device region, wherein the transistor gate comprises a gate electrode and a gate dielectric disposed over the substrate and between the source and drain regions;

first and second device wells disposed in the substrate within the device region, wherein the first device well is adjacent to a second side of the transistor gate and the second device well is adjacent to a first side of the transistor gate;

isolation regions disposed within the substrate, wherein the isolation regions comprise a device isolation region surrounding the device region and one or more isolation fingers extending partially into the device region from a portion of the device isolation region adjacent to the source region; and

wherein the one or more isolation fingers completely traverse the source region and extend beyond the source region to partially underlap the gate dielectric of the transistor gate.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the source region is adjacent to the first side of the transistor gate and the drain region is displaced away from the second side of the transistor gate.

3. The device of claim 1 comprising a transistor channel region disposed in the substrate directly below the transistor gate, wherein the one or more isolation fingers completely traverse the transistor channel region.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the second device well encompasses the source region and the first device well encompasses the drain region, wherein the first device well includes first polarity type dopants and second device well includes second polarity type dopants different from the first polarity type.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the isolation regions further comprise an internal isolation region disposed within the first device well.

6. A high voltage device comprising:

a substrate having a device region, wherein the device region comprises a source region and a drain region defined thereon;

a transistor having a transistor gate disposed on the device region, wherein the transistor gate comprises a gate electrode and a gate dielectric disposed over the substrate, wherein

the source region is disposed adjacent to the transistor gate and underlaps a source side of the transistor gate, and

the drain region is displaced away from a drain side of the transistor gate;

a channel region disposed adjacent to the source region and underlapping the transistor gate;

first and second device wells disposed in the substrate within the device region, wherein the first device well encompasses the drain region and underlaps a first portion of the transistor gate, and the second device well encompasses the source region and underlaps a second portion of the transistor gate;

isolation regions disposed within the substrate, wherein the isolation regions comprise a device isolation region surrounding the device region and one or more isolation fingers extending into the device region from a portion of the device isolation region adjacent to the source region; and

wherein the one or more isolation fingers completely traverse the source region and extend beyond the source region to underlap a portion of the gate dielectric of the transistor gate.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the first device well includes first polarity type dopants and the second device well includes second polarity type dopants different from the first polarity type.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein the one or more isolation fingers extend to a depth below the source and drain regions.

9. The device of claim 6 wherein the one or more isolation fingers extend completely across the second device well.

10. The device of claim 8 wherein the one or more isolation fingers have a rectangular shape when viewed from top.

11. The device of claim 8 wherein the one or more isolation fingers are symmetrical and distributed uniformly along the source region.

12. The device of claim 6 wherein the one or more isolation fingers extend across and beyond the channel region.

13. The device of claim 6 wherein the isolation regions further comprise an internal isolation region disposed within the first device well and adjacent to the drain region.

14. A high voltage device comprising:

a substrate having a device region, wherein the device region comprises a source region and a drain region defined thereon;

a transistor gate disposed over the substrate, wherein the transistor gate comprises a gate electrode and a gate dielectric disposed between the source and drain regions;

isolation regions disposed within the substrate, wherein the isolation regions comprise a device isolation region surrounding the device region and one or more isolation fingers extending partially into the device region from a portion of the device isolation region adjacent to the source region; and

wherein the one or more isolation fingers extend through the source region to underlap a portion of the transistor gate, wherein the one or more isolation fingers include a depth deeper than the source region.

15. The device of claim 14 comprising first and second device wells disposed in the substrate within the device region, wherein the first device well encompasses the drain region and the second device well encompasses the source region.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein the one or more isolation fingers extends through the second device well and extends into a portion of the first device well.

17. The device of claim 15 wherein the drain region is displaced away from the gate.

18. The device of claim 15 comprising a transistor channel region disposed within the second device well, wherein the one or more isolation fingers completely traverse the transistor channel region and define active sub-regions of the transistor channel region.