Patent ID: 7875933

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor body of a first conductivity type; integrated circuitry disposed in the semiconductor body, the integrated circuitry being manufactured using a 90 nm technology node; a first doped region of a second conductivity type disposed at an upper surface of the semiconductor body, the second conductivity type being different than the first conductivity type; a second doped region of the second conductivity type disposed at the upper surface of the semiconductor body; an isolation region disposed within the semiconductor body between the first doped region and the second doped region; a first contact overlying and electrically coupled to the first doped region, wherein the first contact is laterally spaced from the isolation region by a distance between about 1 μm and about 6 μm; a second contact overlying and electrically coupled to the second doped region; and a third doped region of the first conductivity type disposed within the semiconductor body beneath the first doped region, wherein an edge of the third doped region is laterally spaced from the isolation region by a distance between about 0.5 μm and about 5 μm; a fourth doped region of the first conductivity type disposed at the upper surface of the semiconductor body; a second isolation region disposed within the semiconductor body between the second doped region and the fourth doped region; a fifth doped region of the first conductivity type disposed within the semiconductor body beneath the second doped region; a sixth doped region of the first conductivity type disposed at the upper surface of the semiconductor body; a third isolation region disposed within the semiconductor body between the first doped region and the sixth doped region; a ground node electrically coupled to the fourth doped region and the sixth doped region; a first voltage supply node electrically coupled to the first doped region; and a second supply voltage node electrically coupled to the second doped region.