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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Okuyama, Tsuruoka, JP;
Hisakatsu Sato, Sakata, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first impurity diffusion region is provided within a semiconductor substrate, a second impurity diffusion region is provided within the first impurity diffusion region, a third impurity diffusion region is provided within the second impurity diffusion region, a first portion of a fourth impurity diffusion region is provided within the second impurity diffusion region so as to be spaced from the third impurity diffusion region, and a second portion of the fourth impurity diffusion region is provided in a third portion of the first impurity diffusion region on a side of a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first contact is provided so as to be in contact with the second portion, the first contact and the third portion overlap in plan view, and a first power supply is connected to the third impurity diffusion region.