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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:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Greenwood, Harlow, GB;
George H Thompson, Sawbridgeworth, GB;
Assignee:
ITT Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 22 ; 357 41 ; 357 55 ; 357 58 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit incorporates a PIN diode connected to the gate of an FET. The semiconductor layers used to construct the diode are also the layers used to construct the FET, and provide a relatively low capacitance per unit area for the diode compared with that of the gate of the FET.