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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:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Masaharu Yamashita, Tenri, JP;
John Kevin Twynam, Yamatokooriyama, JP;
Inventors:
Masaharu Yamashita, Tenri, JP;
John Kevin Twynam, Yamatokooriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor layer, and a first electrode (Schottky electrode or MIS electrode) and a second electrode (ohmic electrode) which are formed on the semiconductor layer apart from each other. The first electrode has a cross section in the shape of a polygon. A second electrode-side corner of the polygon has an interior angle of which an outward extension line of a bisector crosses the semiconductor layer or the second electrode. The interior angle of such a second electrode-side corner is larger than 90°.