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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2018
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
TingGang Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Anup Bhalla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ping Huang, Shanghai, CN;
Yueh-Se Ho, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a nitride-based Schottky diode includes forming a nitride-based epitaxial layer on a front side of a nitride-based semiconductor body; forming a first dielectric layer on the nitride-based epitaxial layer; etching the first dielectric layer and the nitride-based epitaxial layer to the nitride-based semiconductor body to define an opening for an anode electrode of the nitride-based Schottky diode and to form an array of islands of the nitride-based epitaxial layer in the opening, the first dielectric layer having an end that is recessed from an end of the nitride-based epitaxial layer near the opening. In another embodiment, the first dielectric layer and the nitride-based epitaxial layer have a slant profile at a side facing the opening for the anode electrode.