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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Francis, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Chiu Ng, El Segundo, CA (US);
Fabrizio Ruo Redda, Caselle, IT;
Assignee:
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
A diode is formed having a weak injection shallow, low P concentration anode in an N type wafer or die. The resulting diode has a soft reverse recovery characteristic with low recovery voltage and is particularly useful either as a power factor correction diode or as an antiparallel connected diode in a motor control circuit.