Patent ID: 8097914

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a main body transistor region; and an electrostatic discharge protection element region, wherein the main body transistor region includes, a drain region which includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a drift region which includes a first conductivity type semiconductor region formed on the drain region; body regions each of which includes a second conductivity type semiconductor region formed in the drift region; a gate insulating film formed on the surfaces of the drift region and body regions; gate electrodes formed on the gate insulating film in such a manner as to straddle a part of the surfaces of the body regions and a part of the surface of the drift region; source regions each of which includes a first conductivity type semiconductor region formed on a part of the surface of the body region at the end portion of the gate electrode; channel regions each formed on a part of the surface of the body region in which the source region is formed and which is covered by the end portion of the gate electrode and the gate electrode; and potential extraction regions, adapted to extract the potentials of the body regions, each of which includes a second conductivity type impurity diffusion layer formed on the surface of the body region, and the electrostatic discharge protection element region includes, the body regions having the same configuration as those in the main body transistor region; the gate insulating film formed on the surfaces of the body regions; the gate electrodes formed on the gate insulating film on a part of the surfaces of the body regions; source regions and drain regions, the source regions each including a first conductivity type semiconductor region formed on a part of the surface of the body region at the end portion of the gate electrode, and the drain regions each including a first conductivity type semiconductor region; and potential extraction regions, adapted to extract the potentials of the body regions, each of which includes a second conductivity type semiconductor region formed on a part of the surface of the body region, and a gate length in the electrostatic discharge protection element region is equal to or less than twice a channel length in the main body transistor region.