Method and device relating to semiconductor components

US6300173A · 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: Jan 22, 1999
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A conductor 1 crossing a trench around an electrical component 1 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 occurring in the electrical component.