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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Katsuya Arai, Kyoto, JP;
Toshihiro Kogami, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Yabu, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/62 (2006.01); H01L 29/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electro static discharge protection element being formed by a diode including a well region of a first conductivity type on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a first diffusion layer of a second conductivity type in the well region. The first diffusion layer is surrounded by a second diffusion layer of the first conductivity type in the well region. The first diffusion layer has a surface on which a first contact region connected to an input/output terminal is formed. The first diffusion layer has a surface on which a second contact region connected to a reference voltage terminal is formed.