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Semiconductor device

US6037632A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 1996
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/258
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device is disclosed, which comprises a first main electrode, a second main electrode, a high-resistance semiconductor layer of first conductivity type interposed between the first main electrode and the second main electrode, and at least a buried layer of second conductivity type selectively formed in the semiconductor layer, extending at substantially right angles to a line connecting the first and second main electrodes, comprising a plurality strips functioning as current paths and set at a potential different from a potential of any other electrode when a depletion layer extending from a region near the first main electrode reaches the buried layer.

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