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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dain C Miller, Roanoke, VA (US);
Robert A Sadler, Roanoke, VA (US);
Andrew H Peake, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 41 ; 437 44 ; 437 40 ; 437912 ; 437154 ; 437133 ;
Abstract
An improved substantially planar and easy to manufacture field-effect-transistor (FET) includes a guard region between an n+ drain region and the remainder of the device, which enables the breakdown voltage of the FET to be substantially increased under open-channel conditions without adversely impacting other important device characteristics.