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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Applicants:
James F. Buller, Austin, TX (US);
Jian Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
James F. Buller, Austin, TX (US);
Jian Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
GlobalFoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a diode with an asymmetric silicon germanium anode and methods of making same. In one illustrative embodiment, the diode includes an anode comprising a P-doped silicon germanium material formed in a semiconducting substrate, an N-doped silicon cathode formed in the semiconducting substrate, a first conductive contact that is conductively coupled to the anode and a second conductive contact that is conductively coupled to the cathode.