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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Thomas J. Smith, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Saptharishi Sriram, Cary, NC (US);
Charles W. Richards, IV, Cary, NC (US);
Wolfspeed, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a substrate; a group III-Nitride barrier layer; a source electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a gate on the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a drain electrically coupled to the group III-Nitride barrier layer; a p-region being arranged at or below the group III-Nitride barrier layer; and a recovery enhancement circuit configured to reduce an impact of an overload received by the gate. Additionally, at least a portion of the p-region is arranged vertically below at least one of the following: the source, the gate, an area between the gate and the drain.