This invention provides a
GGNMOS structure for
electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, comprising: a substrate, two sets of current
discharge modules, and a ring-shaped heavily doped region. Each set of current
discharge modules includes multiple
discharge units; wherein each discharge unit includes: two source terminals, one drain terminal, two gate terminals, one floating heavily doped region, multiple lightly doped drain regions, and an
isolation layer. In each discharge unit, this application forms a DN+ / Psub / P+ (
Diode) by embedding a floating heavily doped region in the drain terminal. By adjusting the distance between the floating heavily doped region and the sub-drain terminal, the
breakdown voltage of the
Diode is made greater than VDD and less than the trigger
voltage of the parasitic NPN. This allows the
Diode to trigger before the parasitic NPN triggers, injecting a large number of
electron-hole pairs into the substrate, increasing the substrate current, reducing the trigger
voltage, and ensuring uniform device conduction, thereby improving the ESD protection performance of the
GGNMOS.