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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:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacques I Pankove, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ming L Tarng, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 52 ; 357 58 ; 357 59 ; 357 90 ;
Abstract
A technique for passivating a PN junction adjacent a surface of a semiconductor substrate comprises coating the area of the surface adjacent the PN junction with a layer of hydrogenated amorphous silicon containing between about 5 and about 50 atomic percent of hydrogen.