Patent ID: 8492229

Claim:
A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming an STI region within a semiconductor body; forming a drain region within the semiconductor body adjacent a channel region, wherein the forming the drain region comprises doping a region of the semiconductor body; forming a source region within the semiconductor body adjacent the channel region opposite the drain region, wherein the STI region bisects the source region, and wherein the forming the source region comprises doping the semiconductor body; forming a gate region over the channel region, the gate region extending along a first direction substantially perpendicular to a current flow direction, wherein the forming the gate region comprises forming a gate dielectric over the channel region, and then forming gate electrode material over the gate dielectric; and forming a gate connection region over the STI region, wherein the forming the gate connection region comprises depositing gate electrode material over the STI region, wherein the gate connection region electrically couples to the gate region and extends away from the gate region along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the STI region is disposed substantially beneath the entire gate connection region.