Patent ID: 7642615

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate of a first semiconductor type having: a pad region with a first device region and a second device region beyond the first device region; a pad overlying the pad region; a dielectric layer at least between the substrate and pad; a first noise prevention structure in the substrate, surrounding the pad region; a second noise prevention structure in the substrate, on at least one side of the device region, beyond the first noise prevention structure; and a third noise prevention structure in the substrate, on at least one side of the device region, beyond the first and second noise prevention structures wherein: the first device region comprises a first outer ring-shaped doping region of the first semiconductor type, an inner ring-shaped doping region of a second semiconductor type, a first well of the first semiconductor type interposed between the first outer ring-shaped doping region and the inner ring-shaped doping region, a first central doping region of the first semiconductor type, and a second well of the first semiconductor type interposed between the inner ring-shaped doping region and the first central doping region; the second device region comprises a second outer ring-shaped doping region of the first semiconductor type, a second central doping region of the second semiconductor type, and a third well of the first semiconductor type interposed therebetween; the first and second central doping regions are electrically connected to the pad; the first noise prevention structure comprises a fourth well of the second semiconductor type between the first well and substrate; the second noise prevention structure comprises an epitaxy of the second semiconductor type; and the third noise prevention structure comprises a trench isolation structure.