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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsutomu Yatsuo, Hitachi, JP;
Takayuki Iwasaki, Hitachi, JP;
Hidekatsu Onose, Hitachi, JP;
Shin Kimura, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/10312 ;
Abstract
A wide bandgap semiconductor single crystal is applied as a semiconductor substrate material of a semiconductor surge absorber, and a surge absorption operation starting voltage is set by a punchthrough of a pn junction, to obtain a semiconductor surge absorber with a repetitive operation and a high surge endurance.