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Lateral semiconductor diode and method for fabricating it

US7538362B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2005
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/8325

Abstract

The invention relates to a lateral semiconductor diode, in which contact metal fillings (6, 7), which run in trenches (3, 4) in particular in a silicon carbide body (1, 2), are interdigitated at a distance from one another, and a rectifying Schottky or pn junction (18) is provided.

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