Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Avalanche diode
Patent
1996-09-12
1998-03-17
Fahmy, Wael
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Avalanche diode
257173, 257355, H01L 29861, H01L 2974, H01L 2362
Patent
active
057290440
ABSTRACT:
A high voltage avalanche diode formed in an integrated circuit includes vertical power components. The integrated circuit is formed in an N-type semiconductor substrate. The rear surface of the substrate corresponds to a first main electrode of the power components, whose second main electrodes correspond to regions formed in P-type wells which are formed in the front surface of the substrate. The diode includes a P-type region wound substantially as a spiral that is formed in the front surface of the substrate; non-overlapping N-type regions formed in equal number in each turn of the spiral and forming with the spiral elemental avalanche diodes; metallizations connecting in series the elemental diodes; and a connection between an end of the spiral and the first electrode.
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Meunier Philippe
Mille Jacques
Fahmy Wael
Morris James H.
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
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