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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:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Russell C Ellwanger, Orem, UT (US);
Assignee:
North American Philips Corporation, Signetics Division, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 15 ; 357 67 ; 357 71 ;
Abstract
A Schottky-type diode has a conductor-to-semiconductor barrier height .phi..sub.B that is controlled by adjusting the thickness of a metal silicide layer (22) which forms a rectifying junction (20) with an N-type semiconductor (24). The silicide layer is constituted with two or more metals such as platinum and nickel.