摘要 |
Employing an electrostatic discharge (ESD) trigger to trigger the MOS transistors (i.e., the ESD fingers) within a CMOS device to provide substantially more uniform turn-on voltages for the MOS transistors, resulting in better ESD device performance without employing selective salicide blocking, is disclosed. A semiconductor device has an ESD trigger and a number of ESD fingers. The turn on voltage of the ESD trigger is less than the turn on voltage of the ESD fingers, such that the ESD fingers turn on substantially uniformly after the ESD trigger turns on during an ESD event. The semiconductor device is substantially fabricated without employing salicide blocking.
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