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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Brogle, Cork City, IE;
Harold P Davis, Cork City, IE;
Jean-Michel Guillot, Cloyne, IE;
Michael Korwin-Pawlowski, Cork City, IE;
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation of Delaware, Hatboro, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257619 ; 257620 ; 257623 ;
Abstract
Mesa diodes of improved mechanical properties are formed by providing a central depression in the regions of the chip from which the mesa is formed before the diffusion step that forms the rectifying junction in the mesa. In symmetric diodes, symmetric depressions are formed on both the top and bottom surfaces of the chip.