Patent ID: 8072033
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an output circuit region shaped approximately as a rectangle having a long side and a short side; and an electrostatic protection element region which is formed along said long side of said output circuit region and which has a substantially rectangular shape having a long side approximately equal in length to said long side of said output circuit region, wherein said electrostatic protection element region includes: wherein said first, second, and third diffusion regions forming a single diode structure approximately equal in length to said long side of said output region, wherein said output circuit region comprises a plurality of output circuits, wherein each of said plurality of output circuits includes a first channel type transistor formed in a first region and a second channel type transistor formed in a second region, and wherein said electrostatic protection element region is formed between said first region and said second region.