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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R Anthony, Schenectady, NY (US);
Douglas E Houston, Liverpool, NY (US);
James A Loughran, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 20 ; 357 30 ; 357 32 ; 357 55 ; 357 88 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device and a method for its preparation are disclosed, wherein a semiconductor body has at least one bore extending completely or partially therethrough, this bore being defined by a semiconducting region having a conductivity type opposite to, and resistivity lower than, the material of the body contiguous to the bore-defining semiconducting region, this bore having a substantially constant diameter of less than about 1.5 mils and an average length-to-diameter ratio of at least about 6:1.