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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Shi-tron Lin, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Shi-Tron Lin, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Winbond Electronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a semiconductor layer, a source region formed in the layer, a drain region formed in the layer, a channel region in the layer between the source and drain regions, and a gate over the channel region. One or more islands are distributed either symmetrically or non-symmetrically in and along the drain region. The islands can be formed of polysilicon or a field oxide.