A total ionizing dose suppression architecture for a transistor and a
transistor circuit uses an "end cap" metal structure that is connected to
the lowest potential voltage to overcome the tendency of negative charge
buildup during exposure to ionizing radiation. The suppression
architecture uses the field established by coupling the metal structure
to the lowest potential voltage to steer the charge away from the
critical field (inter-device) and keeps non-local charge from migrating
to the "birds-beak" region of the transistor, preventing further charge
buildup. The "end cap" structure seals off the "birds-beak" region and
isolates the critical area. The critical area charge is source starved of
an outside charge. Outside charge migrating close to the induced field is
repelled away from the critical region. The architecture is further
extended to suppress leakage current between adjacent wells biased to
differential potentials.