Patent ID: 7999327
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first well of a second conductivity type opposite to that of the semiconductor substrate, selectively formed on part of a main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second well of the first conductivity type, selectively formed on part of a surface region of the first well shallower than the first well; a third well of the second conductivity type, formed in a surface region of the first well, in a region where the second well is not formed and shallower than the first well, and having elements including a MOSFET formed in surface regions of the second well and the third well; a fourth well, formed in a surface region, where the first well is not formed, of the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, contacting the third well, and doped with impurities of the first conductivity type at a higher concentration than an impurity concentration of the semiconductor substrate and at a lower concentration than an impurity concentration of the third well; and a fifth well, formed in a surface region, where the first well is not formed, of the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, contacting the fourth well, and doped with impurities of the first conductivity type at a higher concentration than an impurity concentration of the fourth well; wherein a reference electrode is provided on the semiconductor substrate and held at a reference potential, and the reference potential is lower than a potential applied to the second well.