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Low-voltage bidirectional protection diode

US8536682B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 2010
Grant dateSep 17, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D8/25

Abstract

A vertical bidirectional protection diode including, on a heavily-doped substrate of a first conductivity type, first, second, and third regions of the first, second, and first conductivity types, these regions all having a doping level greater than from 2 to 5×1019 atoms/cm3 and being laterally delimited by an insulated trench, each of these regions having a thickness smaller than 4 μm.

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