Patent ID: 6597044
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor device with a MOS transistor of the depletion type comprising a semiconductor body with a substrate of a first conductivity type provided with a layer of the opposed, the second conductivity type adjoining a surface of said semiconductor body, in which layer a source zone of the second conductivity type, a drain zone of the second conductivity type, and an interposed channel region of the second conductivity type are defined, while a gate electrode is provided above the channel region, electrically insulated therefrom by an insulating layer, and the semiconductor body is further provided with a surface zone of the first conductivity type which forms a pn junction with the channel region and which adjoins the surface for the removal of minority charge carriers from the channel region, characterized in that the channel region comprises two or more sub-regions which are mutually separated by said surface zone of the first conductivity type, which surface zone extends from the surface transversely across the thickness of the layer of the second conductivity type up to the substrate of the first conductivity type.