Abstract: Capacitor and contact structures are provided, as well as methods for forming the capacitor and contact structures. The methods include, for instance, providing a layer of conductive material above a conductive structure and above a lower electrode of a capacitor; etching the layer of conductive material to define a conductive material hard mask and an upper electrode of the capacitor, the conductive material hard mask being disposed at least partially above the conductive structure; and forming a first conductive contact structure and a second conductive contact structure, the first conductive contact structure extending through an opening in the conductive material hard mask and conductively contacting the conductive structure, and the second conductive contact structure conductively contacting one of the lower electrode of the capacitor, or the upper electrode of the capacitor.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and methods of manufacturing capacitors are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a capacitor includes: etching a trench in a workpiece. The trench may extend into the workpiece from a major surface of the workpiece. The method further includes lining the trench with a bottom electrode material and lining the bottom electrode material in the trench with a dielectric material. The dielectric material may have edges proximate the major surface of the workpiece. The method further includes forming a top electrode material over the dielectric material in the trench, and etching away a portion of the bottom electrode material and a portion of the top electrode material proximate the edges of the dielectric material.

Abstract: A device includes a source region, a drain region, and a wurtzite semiconductor between the source region and the drain region. A source-drain direction is parallel to a [01-10] direction or a [?2110] direction of the wurtzite semiconductor. The device further includes a gate dielectric over the wurtzite semiconductor, and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a Fin Field Effect Transistor (FinFET). The method may include: forming a fin on a semiconductor substrate; forming a dummy device including a dummy gate on the fin; forming an interlayer dielectric layer to cover regions except for the dummy gate; removing the dummy gate to form an opening; implanting ions to form a Punch-Through-Stop Layer (PTSL) in a portion of the fin directly under the opening, while forming reflection doped layers in portions of the fin on inner sides of source/drain regions; and forming a replacement gate in the opening.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a semiconductor structure may include: a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region; a body region disposed between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, the body region including a core region and at least one edge region at least partially surrounding the core region; a dielectric region next to the body region and configured to limit a current flow through the body region in a width direction of the body region, wherein the at least one edge region is arranged between the core region and the dielectric region; and a gate structure configured to control the body region; wherein the gate structure is configured to provide a first threshold voltage for the core region of the body region and a second threshold voltage for the at least one edge region of the body region, wherein the first threshold voltage is less than or equal to the second threshold voltage.

Abstract: Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions having semiconductor material patterned into two mesas spaced from one another by at least one dummy projection. The dummy projection has a width along a cross-section of X and the mesas have widths along the cross-section of at least 3X. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions having a memory array region and a peripheral region adjacent the memory array region. Semiconductor material within the peripheral region is patterned into two relatively wide mesas spaced from one another by at least one relatively narrow projection. The relatively narrow projection has a width along a cross-section of X and the relatively wide mesas have widths along the cross-section of at least 3X.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a wire pattern spaced apart from a substrate and extended in a first direction, a gate electrode disposed around a circumference of the wire pattern and extended in a second direction that is different from the first direction, a source disposed on a first side of the gate electrode, a drain disposed on a second side of the gate electrode, the source and the drain connected to the wire pattern and a gate spacer disposed on first and second sidewalls of the gate electrode, on the source and on the drain.

Abstract: The electronic device comprises a substrate (1), at least one semiconductor nanowire (2) and a buffer layer (3) interposed between the substrate (1) and said nanowire (2). The buffer layer (3) is at least partly formed by a transition metal nitride layer (9) from which extends the nanowire (2), said transition metal nitride being chosen from: vanadium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, niobium nitride, molybdenum nitride, hafnium nitride or tantalum nitride.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a III-V semiconductor substrate and forming a gate structure on the III-V semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a thin spacer surrounding the gate structure and forming a source/drain junction with a first doped III-V material at an upper surface of the III-V semiconductor substrate. The method also includes oxidizing a surface the source/drain forming an oxidation layer; removing natural oxides from the oxidation layer on a surface of the source/drain to expose ions of the first doped material at least at a surface of the source/drain. The method further includes applying a second doping to the source/drain to increase a doping concentration of the first doped III-V material, forming metal contacts at least at the second doped surface of the source/drain; and then annealing the contact.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate, the substrate having a first source/drain feature and a second source/drain feature formed thereon. The semiconductor device further includes a first nanowire on the first source/drain feature and a second nanowire on the second source/drain feature, the first nanowire extending vertically from an upper surface of the first source/drain feature and the second nanowire extending vertically from an upper surface of the second source/drain feature. The semiconductor device further includes a third nanowire extending from an upper end of the first nanowire to an upper end of the second nanowire, wherein the first nanowire, the second nanowire and the third nanowire form a channel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor fin on an upper surface of a substrate. The at least one semiconductor fin includes a channel region interposed between opposing source/drain regions. A gate stack is on the upper surface of the substrate and wraps around sidewalls and an upper surface of only the channel region. The channel region is a dual channel region including a buried channel portion and a surface channel portion that completely surrounds the buried channel.

Abstract: A device including a biopolymer membrane, a passivation layer on the biopolymer membrane, a graphene layer on the passivation layer, a source electrode on the graphene layer, and a drain electrode on the graphene layer, wherein the graphene layer extends between the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes an n-type SiC region, a metal layer, and a conductive layer provided between the n-type SiC region and the metal layer, the conductive layer including titanium (Ti), oxygen (O), at least one first element from zirconium (Zr) and hafnium (Hf), and at least one second element from vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), and tantalum (Ta).

Abstract: A semiconductor structure can include a substrate and a substrate layer. The substrate can be formed of silicon and the substrate layer can be formed of silicon germanium. Above the substrate and under the substrate layer there can be provided a multilayer substructure. The multilayer substructure can include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can be formed of a first material and the second layer can be formed of second material. A method can include forming a multilayer substructure on a substrate, annealing the multilayer substructure, and forming a substrate layer on the multilayer substructure.

Abstract: A light emitting device having a vertical structure and a package thereof, which are capable of damping impact generated in a substrate separation process, and achieving an improvement in mass productivity. The device and package include a sub-mount, a first-type electrode, a second-type electrode, a light emitting device, a zener diode, and a lens on the sub-mount.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nitride semiconductor element includes: a stacked body; and a functional layer. The stacked body includes a first GaN layer, a first layer, and a second GaN layer. The first GaN layer includes a first protrusion. The first layer is provided on the first GaN layer and contains at least one of Si and Mg. The second GaN layer is provided on the first layer and includes a second protrusion. Length of bottom of the second protrusion is shorter than length of bottom of the first protrusion. A functional layer is provided on the stacked body and includes a nitride semiconductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern provided on a substrate and a gate electrode crossing over the active pattern. The active pattern includes a first buffer pattern on the substrate, a channel pattern on the first buffer pattern, a doped pattern between the first buffer pattern and the channel pattern, and a second buffer pattern between the doped pattern and the channel pattern. The doped pattern includes graphene injected with an impurity.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate in which a recess is provided on a back surface thereof, and a shape of the recess is reflected on a surface of a metal film which is also provided on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a substrate including an NMOS region and a PMOS region, and having a protrusion pattern; first and second gate structures respectively formed on the NMOS region and the PMOS region of the substrate, crossing the protrusion pattern, and extending along a first direction that is parallel to an upper surface of the substrate; first and second source/drain regions formed on both sides of the first and second gate structures; and first and second contact plugs respectively formed on the first and second source/drain regions, wherein the first contact plug and the second contact plug are asymmetric. Methods of manufacturing are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second regions, a first fin-type pattern and a second fin-type pattern formed in the first region and extending in a first direction, and a third fin-type pattern and a fourth fin-type pattern formed in the second region and extending in a third direction. A first source/drain is formed on the first fin-type pattern and a second source/drain region is formed on the second fin-type pattern. Each of first and second source/drains have a cross section defining a same convex polygonal shape. A third source/drain is formed on the third fin-type pattern and a fourth source/drain region is formed on the fourth fin-type pattern. Cross-sections of the third and fourth source/drains define different convex polygonal shapes from one another.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures are presented. An exemplary semiconductor structure comprises a common source region having a sawtooth profile, and a flat erase gate disposed above the common source region. Methods of making semiconductor structures are also presented. An exemplary method comprises forming a plurality of trenches in a substrate thereby forming a plurality of active regions; forming a common source region in the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the active regions. The exemplary method further comprises, after forming the common source region, forming a dielectric feature on the substrate thereby filling the trenches and forming a plurality of shallow trench isolation features, and forming an erase gate on the dielectric feature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an embedded flash memory cell having a common source oxide layer with a substantially flat top surface, disposed between a common source region and a common erase gate, and a method of formation. In some embodiments, the embedded flash memory cell has a semiconductor substrate with a common source region separated from a first drain region by a first channel region and separated from a second drain region by a second channel region. A high-quality common source oxide layer is formed by an in-situ steam generation (ISSG) process at a location overlying the common source region. First and second floating gate are disposed over the first and second channel regions on opposing sides of a common erase gate having a substantially flat bottom surface abutting a substantially flat top surface of the common source oxide layer.

Abstract: A multi-stage transistor device is described. One embodiment of such a device is a dual-gate transistor, where the second stage gate is separated from a barrier layer by a thin spacer layer and is grounded through a connection to the source. In one embodiment the thin spacer layer and the second stage gate are placed in an aperture in a spacer layer. In another embodiment, the second stage gate is separated from a barrier layer by a spacer layer. The device can exhibit improved linearity and reduced complexity and cost.

Abstract: According to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, hard mask lines are formed in parallel in a substrate and the substrate between the hard mask lines is etched to form grooves. A portion of the hard mask line and a portion of the substrate between the grooves are etched. A top surface of the etched portion of the substrate between the grooves is higher than a bottom surface of the groove. A conductive layer is formed to fill the grooves. The conductive layer is etched to form conductive patterns in the grooves, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including isolation regions defining first and second active regions having a first and second conductivity type, respectively, first threshold voltage control regions in predetermined regions of the first active region, wherein the first threshold voltage control regions have the first conductivity type and a different impurity concentration from the first active region, a first gate trench extending across the first active region, wherein portions of side bottom portions of the first gate trench adjacent to the respective isolation region are disposed at a higher level than a central bottom portion of the first gate trench, and the first threshold voltage control regions remain in the first active region under the side bottom portions of the first gate trench adjacent to the respective isolation region, and a first gate pattern. Methods of manufacturing such semiconductor devices are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a high-k dielectric material layer, a titanium-rich TiN layer over the high-k dielectric layer, and a metal layer disposed over the titanium-rich TiN layer. The metal layer includes aluminum.

Abstract: Devices and methods of fabricating integrated circuit devices for increasing performance through gate cut last processes are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining an intermediate semiconductor device having a substrate including a plurality of fins, an STI layer, an oxide layer, and a gate material over the oxide layer, the fins extending into the gate material; removing the gate material and the oxide layer; depositing a high k material on a top surface of the STI layer, surrounding the fins; depositing a gate stack over the high k material; filling the top of the device with a gate contact metal; etching a portion of the gate contact metal, the metal gate stack, and the high k material; and filling the portion with an inter-layer dielectric. Also disclosed is an intermediate device formed by the method.

Abstract: A gate insulating film is provided on a trench. The gate insulating film has a trench insulating film and a bottom insulating film. The trench insulating film covers each of a side wall and a bottom portion. The bottom insulating film is provided on the bottom portion with a trench insulating film being interposed therebetween. The bottom insulating film has a carbon atom concentration lower than that of the trench insulating film. The gate electrode is in contact with a portion of the trench insulating film on the side wall. Accordingly, a low threshold voltage and a large breakdown voltage can be attained.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit employs a plurality of layers formed on a substrate including i) n-type modulation doped quantum well structure (MDQWS) structure with n-type charge sheet, ii) p-type MDQWS, iii) undoped spacer layer formed on the n-type charge sheet, iv) p-type layer(s) formed on the undoped spacer layer, v) p-type etch stop layer formed on the p-type layer(s) of iv), and vi) p-type layers (including p-type ohmic contact layer(s)) formed on the p-type etch stop layer. An etch operation removes the p-type layers of vi) for a gate region of an n-channel HFET with an etchant that automatically stops at the p-type etch stop layer. Another etch operation removes the p-type etch stop layer to form a mesa at the p-type layer(s) of iv) which defines an interface to the gate region of the n-channel HFET, and a gate electrode is formed on such mesa.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; and a passive polysilicon device disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The passive polysilicon device further includes a polysilicon feature; and a plurality of electrodes embedded in the polysilicon feature.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an insulated gate type switching device includes forming a gate trench that has a first portion with a first width in a first direction and a second portion with a second width in the first direction, the second width being wider than the first width. In an oblique implantation, second conductivity type impurities are irradiated at an irradiation angle inclined around an axis orthogonal to the first direction. The first width, the second width, and the irradiation angle are set such that the second conductivity type impurities are suppressed, at a first side surface of the first portion, from being implanted into a part below a lower end of a second semiconductor region, and at a second side surface of the second portion, the impurities are implanted into the part below the lower end of the second semiconductor region.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods of fabrication are provided, with one or both of an extended source-to-channel interface or an extended drain-to-channel interface. The fabrication method includes, for instance, recessing a semiconductor material to form a cavity adjacent to a channel region of a semiconductor structure being fabricated, the recessing forming a first cavity surface and a second cavity surface within the cavity; and implanting one or more dopants into the semiconductor material through the first cavity surface to define an implanted region within the semiconductor material, and form an extended channel interface, the extended channel interface including, in part, an interface of the implanted region within the semiconductor material to the channel region of the semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor structure with the extended channel interface is a FinFET.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a field effect transistor with improved electrical characteristics. According to embodiments of the disclosure, self-aligned contact plugs may be effectively formed using a metal hard mask portion disposed on a gate portion. In addition, a process margin of a photoresist mask for the formation of the self-aligned contact plugs may be improved by using the metal hard mask portion.

Abstract: A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) and a method of forming the same are introduced. In an embodiment, trenches are formed in a substrate, wherein a region between adjacent trenches defines a fin. A dielectric material is formed in the trenches. A part of the substrate is doped and a region of high dopant concentration and a region of low dopant concentration are formed. Gate stacks are formed, portions of the fins are removed and source/drain regions are epitaxially grown in the regions of high/low dopant concentration. Contacts are formed to provide electrical contacts to source/gate/drain regions.

Abstract: After formation of gate structures over semiconductor fins and prior to formation of raised active regions, a directional ion beam is employed to form a dielectric material portion on end walls of semiconductor fins that are perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the semiconductor fins. The angle of the directional ion beam is selected to be with a vertical plane including the lengthwise direction of the semiconductor fins, thereby avoiding formation of the dielectric material portion on lengthwise sidewalls of the semiconductor fins. Selective epitaxy of semiconductor material is performed to grow raised active regions from sidewall surfaces of the semiconductor fins. Optionally, horizontal portions of the dielectric material portion may be removed prior to the selective epitaxy process. Further, the dielectric material portion may optionally be removed after the selective epitaxy process.

Abstract: A method of forming fins on a substrate is provided. The method comprises depositing first fin spacers comprising first fin spacer material and second fin spacers comprising second fin spacer material on a plurality of locations on a substrate having a hard mask above the substrate's semiconductor material, wherein the first fin spacers comprise desired first fin spacers and dummy first fin spacers and the second fin spacers comprise desired second fin spacers and dummy second fin spacers. The method further comprises forming fins on the substrate under the first fin spacers and the second fin spacers. The fins comprise a plurality of dummy fins and a plurality of desired fins. The dummy fins comprise a plurality of dummy first fins formed under the dummy first fin spacers and a plurality of dummy second fins formed under the dummy second fin spacers.

Abstract: The present invention is suitable to the field of electronic technology, and provides a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor and a pixel unit thereof, wherein when the thin film transistor is manufactured, the gate metal layer is used as a mask, and exposed from the back of the substrate to position the channel and the source and drain of the thin film transistor, so that the channel is self-aligned with the gate, and the source and drain are self-aligned with the gate and are symmetrical, and the thin film transistor thus manufactured has a small parasitic capacitance, and the circuit manufactured therewith is fast in operation, and less prone to occurring short circuit or open circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a process to form the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a support, an active semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer, the first to third semiconductor layers being sequentially stacked on the support, and an electrode on the third semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer provide a buried region in a portion under the electrode, the buried region being filled with a material having a first dielectric constant smaller than a second dielectric constant of the first semiconductor layer and a third dielectric constant of the second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an IGBT region with a bottom-body region on a front surface side of an IGBT drift region, an IGBT barrier region on a front surface side of the bottom-body region, and a top-body region on a front surface side of the IGBT barrier region. A diode region is include with a bottom-anode region on a front surface side of the diode drift region, a diode barrier region on a front surface side of the bottom-anode region, a top-anode region on a front surface side of the diode barrier region, and a pillar region extending from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, piercing the top-anode region, and reaching the diode barrier region, and connected to the front surface electrode and the diode barrier region. An impurity concentration of the top-body region is lower than an impurity concentration of the bottom-anode region.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a bi-directional punch-through semiconductor device can include: a first transistor in a first region of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, where the first transistor includes a semiconductor buried layer of a second conductivity type in the semiconductor substrate, and a first epitaxy region of an epitaxy semiconductor layer above the semiconductor buried layer, the semiconductor buried layer being configured as a base of the first transistor; and a second transistor coupled in parallel with the first transistor, where the second transistor is in a second region of the semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, where the second transistor comprises a second epitaxy region of the epitaxy semiconductor layer above the semiconductor substrate, and a first doped region of the second conductivity type in the second epitaxy region, the first doped region being configured as a base of the second transistor.

Abstract: A two-surface bidirectional power bipolar transistor is constructed with a two-surface cellular layout. Each emitter/collector region (e.g. doped n-type) is a local center of the repeated pattern, and is surrounded by a trench with an insulated field plate, which is tied to the potential of the emitter/collector region. The outer (other) side of this field plate trench is preferably surrounded by a base connection region (e.g. p-type), which provides an ohmic connection to the substrate. The substrate itself serves as the transistor's base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a terahertz radiating device, which includes a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT); a source provide to the HEMT; a gate right to the HEMT; a drain provide to the HEMT; a first antenna connected with the drain; a drain bias for applying a direct current (DC) voltage to the drain; and a source-gate connector for connecting the source and the gate in a device unit. Thereby, commercially available terahertz waves may be radiated, and high output power may be obtained.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; a laminated body formed by two or more cycles of semiconductor layers each including a first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer having a larger band gap than a band gap of the first nitride semiconductor layer, the first and second nitride semiconductor layers being laminated in this order on the buffer layer; a first electrode; and a second electrode. A channel layer is formed in each of the semiconductor layers at an interface between the first nitride semiconductor layer and the second nitride semiconductor layer. A carrier concentration of the channel layer in the uppermost semiconductor layer is lower than a carrier concentration of each of the channel layers of the other semiconductor layers.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and manufacturing methods are provided for making channel and gate lengths independent from lithography. Also, semiconductor devices and manufacturing methods are provided for increasing resistivity between drain and channel to allow for higher voltage operation. For example, a semiconductor device includes a first doped layer implanted in a semiconductor substrate forming one of a source or a drain and a gate metal layer disposed over the first doped layer. The semiconductor device further includes a second doped layer disposed over the gate metal forming the other the source or the drain, where the first doped layer, the gate metal layer and the second doped layer form a vertical stack of layers of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device further includes a conduction channel formed in a trench that extends vertically through the vertical stack of layers and terminates at the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A recess is formed at a semiconductor layer of a device to define a plurality of mesas. An active trench portion of the recess residing between adjacent mesas. A termination portion of the trench residing between the end of each mesa and a perimeter of the recess. The transverse spacing between the mesas and the lateral spacing between the mesas and an outer perimeter of a recess forming the mesas are substantially the same. A shield structure within the trench extends from the region between the mesas to the region between the ends of the mesas and the outer perimeter of the recess forming the mesas. A contact resides between a shield electrode terminal and the shield portion residing in the trench.

Abstract: A power MOSFET includes a gate electrode in a gate trench in a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, the gate trench extending parallel to the main surface. The power MOSFET further includes a field electrode in a field plate trench in the main surface. The field plate trench has an extension length in a first direction which is less than double and more than half of an extension length of the field plate trench in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first and the second directions being parallel to the main surface. The gate electrode includes a gate electrode material which comprises a metal.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate having a first main surface and a transistor cell includes a drift region, a body region between the drift region and the first main surface, an active trench at the first main surface extending into the drift region, a gate insulating layer at sidewalls and a bottom side of the active trench, a gate conductive layer in the active trench, a source region in the body region, and adjacent to the active trench, a body trench at the first main surface extending into the drift region, the body trench being adjacent to the body region and to the drift region, an insulating layer at sidewalls and at a bottom side of the body trench, the insulating layer being asymmetric with respect to an axis extending perpendicular to the first main surface at a center of the body trench, and a conductive layer in the body trench.

Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a silicon carbide layer having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. In the second main surface of the silicon carbide layer, a trench having a depth in a direction from the second main surface toward the first main surface is provided, and the trench has a sidewall portion where a second layer and a third layer are exposed and a bottom portion, where a first layer is exposed. A position of the bottom portion of the trench in a direction of depth of the trench is located on a side of the second main surface relative to a site located closest to the first main surface in a region where the second layer and the first layer are in contact with each other, or located as deep as the site in the direction of depth.

Abstract: A method for fabricated a buried recessed access device comprising etching a plurality of gate trenches in a substrate, implanting and activating a source/drain region in the substrate, depositing a dummy gate in each of the plurality of gate trenches, filling the plurality of gate trenches with an oxide layer, removing each dummy gate and depositing a high-K dielectric in the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a metal gate on the high-K dielectric in each of the plurality of gate trenches, depositing a second oxide layer on the metal gate and forming a contact on the source/drain.

Abstract: A transistor advantageously embodied in a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device having a gate located over a channel region recessed into a semiconductor substrate and a method of forming the same. In one embodiment, the laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device includes a source/drain having a lightly doped region located adjacent the channel region and a heavily doped region located adjacent the lightly doped region. The laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device further includes an oppositely doped well located under and within the channel region, and a doped region, located between the heavily doped region and the oppositely doped well, having a doping concentration profile less than a doping concentration profile of the heavily doped region.