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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Marc Leas, South Burlington, VT (US);
Jack Allen Mandelman, Stormville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Internationl Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438 59 ; 438 74 ; 438301 ;
Abstract
An optical FET includes one or more light-responsive diodes stacked on the gate. Each diode includes a planar (horizontal) junction. The number of diodes is chosen to achieve a desired gate to source potential difference. An electrical connection connects the diode(s) to the source of the FET.