Patent ID: 8643067

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a first source region of a first conductivity type and a first body region of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate proximal to the first surface, the first source region formed in the first body region; a second source region of the first conductivity type and a second body region of a second conductivity type formed in the substrate proximal to the first surface, the second source region formed in the second body region; a drain region of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate proximal to the second surface; an epitaxial region of a first conductivity type formed in the substrate configured to function as a drift region between the drain region and the first and the second source regions; a dual-gate formed over the first surface and including a first gate region proximal to the first body region and a second gate region proximal to the second body region, the first gate region and the second gate region defining a gap there between; a conductive layer formed over the first gate region and the second gate region, wherein at least one of the first source region, the second source region, or the drain region is a hexagonal shape; and a junction field effect transistor (JFET) diffusion region of a first conductivity type disposed in the epitaxial region, the JFET diffusion region extending from the first surface to below the first body region or the second body region.