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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventor:
Ling Ma, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/872 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7806 (2013.01); H01L 29/1095 (2013.01); H01L 29/66712 (2013.01); H01L 29/872 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application relates to a semiconductor transistor device that includes a Schottky diode electrically connected in parallel to a body diode formed between a body region and a drift region. A diode junction of the Schottky diode is formed adjacent to the drift region and is arranged vertically above a lower end of the body region.