Transistor with improved safe operating area
US6878999B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D64/663
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Segmented transistor devices are provided, wherein contiguous individual transistor segments extend along corresponding segment axes, in which two or more of the segment axes are at a non-zero angle with respect to one another. The segmentation of the transistor provides a high overall device aspect ratio which may be easily fit into pre-existing circuit blocks or cells in a device layout, thereby facilitating device scaling.
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