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Guard ring structure for a Schottky diode

US6949454B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2003
Grant dateSep 27, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/221
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A Schottky device having a substrate layer of a first conductivity type having a surface, and a guard ring formed over the surface of the substrate layer and also surrounding a barrier region of the substrate layer. The guard ring has a gate of a second conductivity type disposed over a dielectric layer. A metal can be formed over the barrier region to form a Schottky junction.

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