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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Spitz, Reutlingen, DE;
Alfred Goerlach, Karlsruhe, DE;
Barbara Will, Herrenberg, DE;
Helga Uebbing, Reutlingen, DE;
Ning Qu, Reutlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1332 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1332 ;
Abstract
It is proposed to implement the emitter short-circuit structure of a multilayer diode by providing grooves which cut through topmost layer of the multilayer diode. A metal layer applied thereon electrically shorts the topmost layer to subjacent layer