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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Woochul Jeon, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Balaji Padmanabhan, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/778 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 29/205 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/66484 (2013.01); H01L 27/0605 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H01L 29/205 (2013.01); H01L 29/42316 (2013.01); H01L 29/66431 (2013.01); H01L 29/66462 (2013.01); H01L 29/66477 (2013.01); H01L 29/778 (2013.01); H01L 29/7786 (2013.01); H01L 29/7787 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device can include an enhancement-mode high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) that includes a source electrode; a drain electrode; and a gate. In an embodiment, the gate can correspond to spaced-apart gate electrodes and a space disposed between the spaced-apart gate electrodes, wherein the first space has a width configured such that, a continuous depletion region forms across all of the width of the first space. In another embodiment, the gate can be a gate electrode having a nonuniform thickness along a line in a gate width direction. In another aspect, a method of using the electronic device can include, during a transient period when the HEMT is in an off-state, flowing current from the drain electrode to the source electrode when Vds>−Vth+Vgs.


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