A semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof restrains an
amplified current between input voltage Vin and ground voltage Vss, and
first and second n-wells are biased into internal voltage sources,
whereby the current-voltage characteristic of the input pad becomes
stabilized during an open/short checkup of a semiconductor device. The
semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a
plurality of device isolation regions, first and second n-wells
horizontally spaced from either of the plurality of device isolation
regions, a p-channel transistor formed in the second n-well, an input
protection transistor horizontally spaced from the first n-well and the
device isolation region, on a symmetrical portion by the first n-well to
the second n-well, and a guard ring formed between the first n-well and
the input protection transistor.