Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Field effect device – Junction field effect transistor
Patent
1991-11-08
1993-02-02
James, Andrew J.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Field effect device
Junction field effect transistor
257264, H01L 29747
Patent
active
051842017
ABSTRACT:
A static induction transistor has a gate region formed with a protrusion extending toward a drain region. The protrusion is located toward one side of the gate region such that a shallower gate region lies between the protrusion and the nearest source region. When a reverse voltage higher than the withstand voltage is applied between the gate and drain, avalanche breakdown occurs only in a region immediately below the protrusion, and no hot carriers are allowed to flow into a source region. Deterioration of the voltage-withstanding property and destruction of the device is thereby prevented. Another embodiment has a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type formed in a peripheral portion of a semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type in which a plurality of gate regions are disposed and adjacent a first major surface thereof. The distance between the semiconductor region and the nearest gate region is less than the distance between gate and drain regions such that the withstand voltage between the semiconductor region and the nearest gate region is less than that between the gate region and drain region. When a reverse bias voltage higher than a withstand voltage is applied between the gate and drain, the avalanche breakdown occurs only between the semiconductor region and the gate region nearest thereto.
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Aoki Shinobu
Okabe Takanori
Takagi Haruo
Dang Hung Xoan
James Andrew J.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
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