Patent ID: 8848374

Claim:
A semiconductor structure for dissipating heat away from a resistor having neighboring devices and interconnects, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a resistor disposed above the semiconductor substrate; and a thermal protection structure comprising a thermal protection element disposed above the resistor and a plurality of heat dissipating elements extending from the thermal protection element directly to the semiconductor substrate, and surrounding the resistor by a gap having a non-zero predetermined distance, the plurality of heat dissipating elements having one end disposed in thermal conductive contact with the thermal protection element and the other end in thermal conductive contact with the semiconductor substrate, the thermal protection element for receiving heat generated by the resistor and the plurality of heat dissipating elements for dissipating the heat generated by the resistor through the semiconductor substrate, wherein the thermal protection element comprises a plurality of separated cap layers, and wherein each separated cap layer of the plurality of separated cap layers is connected to a corresponding heat dissipating element of the plurality of heat dissipating elements.