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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:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257496 ; 257618 ; 257619 ; 257487 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor power device includes a high-resistance semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type having first and second major surfaces and a recess in either one of the first and second major surfaces, and a semiconductor power element with a field relaxation structure, at least part of which is formed in a region of the semiconductor substrate where the recess is formed.