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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:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Rossano Carta, Turin, IT;
Laura Bellemo, Canavese, IT;
Luigi Merlin, Turin, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siliconix Technology C.V., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A silicon carbide device includes at least one power electrode on a surface thereof, a solderable contract formed on the power electrode, and at least one passivation layer that surrounds the solderable contact but is spaced from the solderable contract, thereby forming a gap.