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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
James Joseph Brogle, Merrimac, MA (US);
Joseph Gerard Bukowski, Derry, NH (US);
Margaret Mary Barter, Lowell, MA (US);
Timothy Edward Boles, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
MACOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
A number of diode limiter semiconductor structures are described. The diode limiters can include a hybrid arrangement of diodes with different intrinsic regions, all formed over the same semiconductor substrate. In one example, a diode limiter includes a first diode having a first doped region formed to a first depth into an intrinsic layer of a semiconductor structure, a second diode having a second doped region formed to a second depth into the intrinsic layer of the semiconductor structure, and at least one passive component. The first diode includes a first effective intrinsic region of a first thickness, the second diode includes a second effective intrinsic region of a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness. The passive component is over the intrinsic layer and electrically coupled as part of the diode limiter.