Semiconductor device provided with conductor electrically connected to conducting region

US6121668A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Anders Soderbarg · Uppsala, SE
• Nils Ogren · Sundbyberg, SE
• Håkan Sjödin · Knivsta, SE
• Ivar Hamberg · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10D86/201

Abstract

A conductor crossing a trench around an electrical component is electrically connected to an isolated intermediate conducting region in order to move the field strength concentrations out of the electrical component and into the intermediate conducting region. This prevents avalanche breakdown from occurring in the electrical component.