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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Iftikhar Ahmed, Bellflower, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7095 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7095 ;
Abstract
A FRED device having an ultralow I employs a contact layer which contacts spaced P diffusions in an N type silicon substrate and also contacts the silicon surface spanning between the P diffusions. The contact layer is formed of a contact having a lower barrier height than the conventional aluminum, and is palladium silicide with a top contact layer of aluminum.