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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1996
Yu Zhu, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yoshiteru Ishimaru, Tenri, JP;
Naoki Takahashi, Nara, JP;
Masafumi Shimizu, Nara-ken, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A heterojunction semiconductor device includes a first Schottky contact layer made of a first semiconductor, a second Schottky contact layer made of a second semiconductor and a metal electrode. The first Schottky contact layer, the second Schottky contact layer and the metal electrode are laminated in this order on a semiconductor substrate or on a main structure of a semiconductor device laminated on a semiconductor substrate from the substrate side or from the main structure side. The first Schottky contact layer serves as a barrier layer toward the second Schottky contact layer, and a layer thickness of the second Schottky contact layer is greater than the mean free pass of carriers in the second Schottky contact layer.