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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Nexperia B.v., Nijmegen, NL;
Inventors:
Steffen Holland, Hamburg, DE;
Hans-Martin Ritter, Nahe, DE;
Assignee:
Nexperia B.V., Nijmegen, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/872 (2006.01); H01L 29/808 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/87 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H01L 29/861 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 27/1203 (2013.01); H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/41758 (2013.01); H01L 29/78 (2013.01); H01L 29/808 (2013.01); H01L 29/861 (2013.01); H01L 29/87 (2013.01); H01L 29/0649 (2013.01); H01L 29/0692 (2013.01); H01L 29/8083 (2013.01); H01L 29/872 (2013.01); H02H 9/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various aspects of the disclosure are directed to circuitry that may be used to shunt current. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments a first circuit has a plurality of alternating p-type and n-type semiconductor regions with respective p-n junctions therebetween, arranged between an anode end and a cathode end. A second (e.g., bypass) circuit is connected to one of the alternating p-type and n-type semiconductor regions, and forms a further p-n junction therewith. The second circuit operates to provide carrier flow, which influences operation of the first circuit.