Patent ID: 6930357

Claim:
A transistor in an integrated circuit having a silicon on insulator active structure, comprising: a silicon substrate; an insulator overlying the silicon substrate; an epitaxially gown silicon layer extending through a first interruption in the insulator and physically touching the silicon substrate; a gate overlying the epitaxially grown silicon layer; a source disposed within the epitaxially grown silicon layer; a drain disposed within the epitaxially grown silicon layer and in electrical communication with the source via a channel, the channel disposed within the epitaxially grown silicon layer and underlying the gate, wherein the first interruption is located adjacent the channel such that excess charge can be conducted away from the channel to the silicon substrate; a body contact, in electrical communication with the first interruption in the insulator, for conducting the excess charge distally from the channel; a second interruption in the insulator through which the excess charge escapes; and silicon which resides in the second interruption.