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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257141 ; 257347 ; 257491 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device which allows an ON-state voltage to be lower than that of a conventional device and a method of manufacturing such a device. In this semiconductor device, a gate electrode is formed to have a planar area of its region covering a first base layer larger than that of its region covering a second base layer, thereby increasing a cathode short-circuit ratio of a cathode-shorted diode equivalent to this semiconductor device. As a result, a lower voltage than conventional ON-state can be obtained.