| 摘要 |
A semiconductor element is configured to prevent deterioration thereof due to an electrical charge occurring at a top surface/bottom surface of a support substrate during a plasma process in manufacturing a semiconductor device using an SOI substrate. The semiconductor device includes a MOS transistor formed on an SOI layer of the SOI substrate; a wiring pattern which is formed on an interlayer insulating film covering the SOI layer and is connected to a gate electrode or a diffusion layer of the MOS transistor through a via; and a protection circuit which is connected between the support substrate of the SOI substrate and the wiring pattern and which, when the amount of charges generated with respect to the gate electrode during a plasma process of forming the wiring pattern exceeds a predetermined value, discharges the charges toward the support substrate or blocks the charges. For example, the protection circuit includes a series circuit of a PN junction diode and an NP junction diode each having a breakdown voltage value corresponding to the predetermined value.
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