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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Applicants:
John Carlton Jackson, County Cork, IE;
John Alderman, County Cork, IE;
Alan Mathewson, County Cork, IE;
Inventors:
John Carlton Jackson, County Cork, IE;
John Alderman, County Cork, IE;
Alan Mathewson, County Cork, IE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/20 (2006.01); H01L 31/72 (2006.01); H01L 31/328 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method of manufacturing an avalanche diode comprising the steps of applying a mask () over an active diode region () in a wafer (), and damaging the region the surrounding the active diode region by breaking bonds in the semiconductor lattice to provide gettering sites in this surrounding region.