The invention discloses a method of forming an ESD protection device without adding the extra
mask layers into the traditional
CMOS process. At first, P-wells, N-wells, and isolations are formed in a
semiconductor substrate. Next, an NMOS
transistor with a
gate dielectric layer, a gate
electrode, source / drain regions, lightly doped source / drain regions, and insulator spacers is formed on the substrate. Particularly, N-wells are also formed in a part of the source / drain regions of the NMOS
transistor. Thereafter, ESD protection regions are formed under the source / drain regions by performing P+ ESD protection implantation. Such ESD protection device has a low junction
breakdown voltage, quick response speed, and a small junction
capacitance.