Patent ID: 8759191

Claim:
A method for offsetting leakage of electrical current of a semiconductor component, comprising: laying down a first conductive region defining a first link member and a second link member, said first conductive region being a first type dopant composition having a heat modifiable dopant profile; laying down a second region contiguous with said first conductive region, said second region defining a gap region between said first and second link members, said second region being a second type dopant composition having a heat modifiable dopant profile, said second type dopant composition having a lower dopant concentration than said first dopant composition; and laying down a current mask region in said gap region between and spaced apart from said first link member and said second link member, said current mask region being a third type dopant composition having a heat modifiable dopant profile, said third type dopant composition having a dopant concentration greater than said second dopant concentration and lesser than said first dopant concentration, said current mask region interrupts said gap region for offsetting leakage of electrical current across said gap region between said first link member and said second link member.