Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same

A semiconductor device serving as a bipolar transistor formed at an active region of a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor device comprising:

• device isolation regions formed in portions of the semiconductor substrate for surrounding the active region;
• a collector layer of a first conductivity type formed in a region of the semiconductor substrate sandwiched by the device isolation regions;
• an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, the insulating layer having a collector opening of which range covers the collector layer and portions of the device isolation regions;
• a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the portion of the semiconductor substrate located within the collector opening and on the insulating layer, the base layer including an internal base and an external base surrounding the internal base;
• and
• an emitter layer of the first conductivity type formed on the internal base.