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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary William Hunter, Avon, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10312 ;
Abstract
A diode for sensing hydrogen and hydrocarbons and the process for manufacturing the diode are disclosed. The diode is a Schottky diode which has a palladium chrome contact on the C-face of an n-type 6H Silicon carbide epilayer. The epilayer is grown on the C-face of a 6H silicon carbide substrate. The diode is capable of measuring low concentrations of hydrogen and hydrocarbons at high temperatures, for example, 800° C. The diode is both sensitive and stable at elevated temperatures.