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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:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicant:
James Joseph Brogle, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventor:
James Joseph Brogle, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A diode having a first semiconductor region of a first polarity and a second semiconductor region of an opposite polarity at least partially surrounding the first semiconductor region. A metal contact coupled to the second semiconductor region at least partially surrounding the first semiconductor region. The diode offers improvements in switching speed.