Patent ID: 7732863

Claim:
A Laterally Diffused MOSFET (“LDMOS”), comprising: an n-well formed within a semiconductor wafer; a drain coupled to said n-well of said LDMOS; a source coupled to said n-well of said LDMOS; a gate coupled to said n-well, said gate having a gate dielectric and a gate electrode; a p-body region within said n-well that includes an n + -type region and an n-type region, wherein said n + -type region and said n-type region share a boundary; and a channel region located under said gate electrode and within said p-body region; wherein a width of said channel region of said LDMOS is located between an outer boundary of said n-type region and an inner boundary of said p-body region, and further wherein said width of said channel region is less than 80% of a distance between an outer boundary of said n + -type region and said inner boundary of said p-body region at a surface of said p-body region located below said gate electrode.